MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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A king makes gradual changes to transition his country toward democracy.
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A group of poor citizens attacks a state legislature and establishes its own government.
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A group of legislators separates from a larger legislature and forms its own.
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A military leader takes control over a country’s government and launches a series of wars.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The National Assembly played a major role in the French Revolution. It represented the common people of France (also called the Third Estate) and demanded that the king make economic reforms to insure that the people had food to eat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following describes a political similarity between France before the French Revolution and France after the fall of Napoleon? In both situations, France’s economy relied on the feudal system.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Louis XVI, aware of the injustices of the French tax policy, tried to reform the tax code to make it more fair, but was repeatedly thwarted by the overrepresented nobles and clergy. This angered the Third Estate, which refused to vote in the Estates General, and formed instead the National Assembly.