MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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These revolutions were influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment.
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These revolutions led to new religions in their countries.
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These revolutions changed the government in their countries.
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These revolutions were violent.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The revolution proclaimed that it was the people who would henceforth constitute the nation and shape its destiny. Hence, Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is not correct. A centralised administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the many differences between the American and French Revolutions is that, unlike the French, Americans did not fight for an abstraction. Americans initially took up arms against the British to defend and preserve the traditional rights of Englishmen.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both the American and the French Revolutions aimed at bringing equality and liberty to the people. Both nations were attempting to gain freedom from their rebellion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement describes one way in which the American and French revolutionaries were different? American revolutionaries overthrew a foreign power; French revolutionaries overthrew their own social order.