USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name given to the laws rewritten by Napoleon which kept most of the rights earned by the people during the French Revolution were called?
A
Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen
B
Napoleonic Code
C
Bill of Rights
D
National Assembly
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleonic Code, French Code Napoléon, French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, and still extant, with revisions. It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America.

Detailed explanation-2: -After four years of debate and planning, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte enacts a new legal framework for France, known as the “Napoleonic Code.” The civil code gave post-revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family and individual rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Napoleonic code abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues. Napoleon simplified administrative divisions. The Code established the supremacy of the husband over his wife and children.

Detailed explanation-4: -Law Code of 1804-The Napoleonic code was established in 1804 . It is known as the law code of 1804. Therefore, this is the correct option.

Detailed explanation-5: -Enacted on March 21, 1804, the resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era. The Civil Code (renamed the Code Napoleon in 1807) addressed mainly matters relating to property and families. But these areas of law greatly affected people’s lives.

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