MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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They closed down all Catholic Churches in France and replaced them with Protestant Churches
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The National Assembly stripped the Church of its lands
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Church officials were to be elected and paid in the same way that state officials were
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The assembly took over Church lands and declared that Church officials and priests were to be elected and paid as state officials. Thus, the Catholic Church lost both its lands and its political independence. The rea-sons for the assembly’s actions were largely economic.
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 10, 1789, the National Constituent Assembly seized the properties and land held by the Catholic Church and decided to sell them as assignats. On July 12, 1790, the assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy that subordinated the Catholic Church in France to the French government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some revolutionary leaders sought to replace the Catholic Church outright. Their solution was the Cult of Reason. However, the Cult of the Supreme Being would not last long.