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 of the following accurately describes one impact of the Enlightenment on the French Revolution?
A
French revolutionaries sought to create a society in which the rights of the individual would be more important than that of a government.
B
The revolution helped revitalize the French economy by adopting an economic system based on the natural laws of supply and demand.
C
The supporters of the revolution wanted to institute a new constitution in which women would be given a more equal status.
D
Revolutionaries hoped to establish a new legal system in which an absolute monarchy would govern according to Enlightenment principles.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Enlightenment influenced the French Revolution to a great extent by introducing new ideas that encouraged questioning of authority and religion, advancing people’s outlook on commodities, and forcing citizens to compare their need with the Republic’s needs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following accurately describes one impact of the Enlightenment on the French Revolution? French revolutionaries sought to create a society in which the rights of the individual would be more important than that of a government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The eighteenth century was marked by the emergence of new ideas and philosophies that underpinned the ideals of the French Revolution: religion, superstition and irrational beliefs were being replaced by science, reason and new theories about the rights of man.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” The ideals of the Enlightenment echoed throughout the governments created by the French people between 1789 and 1794. Through this time period, different governments were instituted, but all shared the firm beliefs in liberty and equality.

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