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 correctly describes one impact on Enlightenment thinking on the French Revolution?
A
French revolutionaries sought to create a society wherein individual rights were more important than governmental power
B
Enlightenment thinking jump-started the French economy
C
Supporters of the Revolution wanted to abolish slavery within France
D
Revolutionaries sought to support the dynasty that ruled over France
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: -So what was it? The Enlightenment, sometimes called the ‘Age of Enlightenment’, was a late 17th-and 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism.

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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