MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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an end to feudal privileges
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overthrow of the monarchy
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destruction of the power of the Catholic Church
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suppression of the Third Estate
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which goal was most likely to be supported by both poor peasants and wealthy city merchants in the early years of the French Revolution? spread the revolution and destroy other monarchies.
Detailed explanation-2: -A legacy of the Age of Enlightenment, the motto “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” first appeared during the French Revolution. Although it was often called into question, it finally established itself under the Third Republic.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic.
Detailed explanation-4: -In its preamble and its 17 articles, it sets out the “natural and inalienable” rights, which are freedom, ownership, security, resistance to oppression; it recognizes equality before the law and the justice system, and affirms the principle of separation of powers.