WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which leader’s ideas of imperialism and militarism brought stability and order to revolutionary France?
A
Jean-Paul Marat
B
Maximilien Robespierre
C
Napoleon Bonaparte
D
Louis XVI
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The king was held hostage after he was caught fleeing the country and is executed, Robespierre takes control. This leader’s ideas of imperialism and militarism brought stability and order to revolutionary France.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon created the lycée system of schools for universal education, built many colleges, and introduced new civic codes that gave vastly more freedom to the French than during the Monarchy, thus supporting the Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon brought political stability to a land torn by revolution and war. He made peace with the Roman Catholic Church and reversed the most radical religious policies of the Convention. In 1804 Napoleon promulgated the Civil Code, a revised body of civil law, which also helped stabilize French society.

Detailed explanation-4: -Napoleon was one of the greatest military minds in the history of warfare. He expanded the conquests of France from her revolutionary borders to that of an Empire that stretched from Spain to the steppes of Russia. Napoleon’s genius lay not in revolutionizing of warfare itself, but in the refinement of existing means.

Detailed explanation-5: -Napoleon also accepted the Revolutionary principles of civil equality and equality of opportunity, meaning the recognition of merit. Other rights and liberties did not seem essential.

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