WORLD HISTORY

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ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were the series of laws passed by Napoleon that stabilized and unified France?
A
Declaration of Rights of Man
B
Napoleonic Code
C
Bill of Rights
D
Constitution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleonic Code Napoleon destroyed democracy in France, but he incorporated revolutionary principle by introducing the Civil Code of 1804, which came to be known as the Napoleonic code.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under the code all male citizens are equal: primogeniture, hereditary nobility, and class privileges are extinguished; civilian institutions are emancipated from ecclesiastical control; freedom of person, freedom of contract, and inviolability of private property are fundamental principles.

Detailed explanation-3: -He established civil code in 1804 also known as the Napoleonic Code. It did away with all privileges based on birth. It established equality before the law and secured the right to property. He simplified administrative divisions, the abolished feudal system, and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Napoleonic Code is also called the ‘French Civil Code of 1804’ defined the concept of equality before the law and also secured the right to property. This code was generated to simplify all the laws and systematized into a single document. This Code was spread to the regions under French control.

Detailed explanation-5: -Law Code of 1804-The Napoleonic code was established in 1804 . It is known as the law code of 1804. Therefore, this is the correct option.

Detailed explanation-6: -Napoleonic Code, French Code Civil, French civil code enacted by Napoleon in 1804. It clarified and made uniform the private law of France and followed Roman law in being divided into three books: the law of persons, things, and modes of acquiring ownership of things.

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