FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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institute the metric system
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make all property communal.
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set price limits on bread
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change the calendar.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1792, the Commune was dominated by those Jacobins who were not in the Legislative Assembly due to the Self-Denying Ordinance.
Detailed explanation-2: -This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the influential political clubs that formed by Maximilian Robespierre during the French revolution was the Jacobins club. They were considered to be the radical revolutionaries who planned the rise of the French revolution and the downfall of the King.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Jacobin government’s downfall was caused by a number of factors. First, there was the government, which was founded on radical principles and had imposed a “rule of terror.” Second, those who disagreed with the King’s methods were guilloyed and executed. Finally, he ordered the churches to be closed down.