USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Napoleon completely ignored women’s rights
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is a: He was welcomed as a liberator in many of the countries he invaded. Napoleon was not a liberator of many nations he had invaded.

Detailed explanation-2: -He betrayed the people by denying them liberty. Napoleon crowned himself emperor thereby denying equality to his people. Napoleon showed that he did not value fraternity by abandoning his troops.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women gained quite a number of rights in the first years of the Revolution, between 1789 and 1793. The revolutionary legislators granted them a proper civil status: civil rights and a legal identity of their own. To sum up, women were no longer underage individuals under the law.

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