EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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No freedom of the press
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Only the rich paid the taxes
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Only rich were educated
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Only the rich could vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Napoleonic Code gave revelation the country a uniform set of laws and eliminated many injustices. However, because the Napoleonic Code promoted order and authority over individual rights, it limited freedom of speech and the press.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon, while giving the people what they desired, also took away the freedom of speech, press, and their voice in politics. Napoleon elected himself to the position of emperor in 1802. This provided France with a strong, centralized government.
Detailed explanation-3: -The fact that the committee is forcing the people to keep their beliefs silent, threatening their lives, is one of the ways that the French Revolution has failed to implement the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of his longest lasting reforms was the Napoleonic Code. This new code of laws embodied Enlightenment principles of equality, religious tolerance, and the end of feudalism. From 1804 to 1812, Napoleon fought to create a vast French empire. Before each battle, he drafted a completely new plan.