USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Many aristocrats and members of the bourgeoisie were attracted to ____, some of which criticized France’s absolutist system.
A
the Tennis Court Oath
B
the ideas of the National Assembly
C
Enlightenment philosophies
D
the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In turn, nobles were wary of the middle class, especially because so many bourgeois were attracted to potentially disruptive ideologies like liberalism and, increasingly, nationalism, but over the course of the century the two classes tended to mix based on wealth.

Detailed explanation-2: -– Many of the members of the bourgeoisie had their own set of grievances because they were often excluded from the social and political privileges monopolized by the nobles.

Detailed explanation-3: -the bourgeoisie were educated and were more exposed to the enlightenment ideas because they were able to spread ideas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both groups were increasingly upset with a monarchial system resting on privelages and on an old and rigid social order. Both were also drawn to the new political ideas of the Enlightenment.

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