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MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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“The exercise of civil rights is independent of the quality of citizen, which is only acquired and preserved comfortably to the constitution of the law. Every Frenchman shall enjoy civil rights. Private persons have the free disposition of the property belonging to them, subject to the modifications established by the laws. Property not belonging to private persons is administered, and cannot be alienated except in the forms and pursuance of the regulations peculiar to it. Highways, roads and streets at the national charge, rivers and streams which will carry floats, shores, ebb and flow of the sea, ports, harbors, roads for ships, and generally all portions of the national territory, which are not susceptible of private proprietorship, are considered as dependencies on the public domain. Married persons cannot be derogate from the rights resulting from the power of the husband over the persons of his wife and of his children, or which belong to the husband as head, nor from the rights conferred on the survivor of the married parties by the title “Of the Paternal Power, “ and by the title “Of Minority, Guardianship, and Emancipation, “ nor from the prohibitory regulations of the present code.”The Napoleonic Code, 1801What two fundamental principles of the French Revolution were incorporated into the Napoleonic Code?
A
The ideal of nationalism and guarantee of civil rights to all people
B
The rejection of monarchy and the adoption of republicanism
C
The equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property
D
The abolition of slavery and the recognition of freedom of religion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. All male citizens were also granted equal rights under the law and the right to religious dissent, but colonial slavery was reintroduced.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Civil Code of 1804 usually known as the Napoleonic Code did away with all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law and secured the right to property.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 1804 Napoleonic Code, which influenced civil law codes across the world, replaced the fragmented laws of pre-revolutionary France, recognizing the principles of civil liberty, equality before the law (although not for women in the same sense as for men), and the secular character of the state.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Napoleonic Code aimed to sweep away privilege based on birth, grant freedom of religion, establish universal property rights, and abolish nepotism in government appointments.

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