MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Louis XVI was an effective ruler
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the Third Estate was incapable of governing
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they were indebted to the king for his past support
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they were afraid the revolution would spread to their countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Louis XVI was deposed, European leaders threatened to use force to restore the monarch because they were afraid of this. Social unrest in France was caused by the nobility treating this group in a manner similar to medieval serfdom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Despite his reluctance, he had to endorse its “destruction” of the feudal regime and its Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in August. The king privately continued to believe that the Revolution would burn itself out.
Detailed explanation-3: -It threatened that if the French royal family were harmed, then French civilians would be harmed. It was a measure intended to intimidate Paris, but instead, it helped further spur the increasingly radical French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -He insisted on reviewing and signing important orders personally. He also ordered a series of military reforms and expanded the national standing army, ending his reliance on the armies of provincial noblemen. Louis used religion to justify and reinforce his growing absolutism.