WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following acted as a major intellectual cause of the French Revolution?
A
the revival of classical art and architecture.
B
Enlightenment ideals of natural law and equality
C
Descartes’ dualism of mind and matter
D
Hobbes’s theories of human nature
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The main cause of the French Revolution was the despotic rule of Louis XVI, division of French society, rising prices, inspiration of the philosophers, role of middle class.

Detailed explanation-2: -The French Revolution, like the American Revolution before it, was in large part inspired by the Enlightenment. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Age of Reason’, the Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that challenged old ways of thinking and inspired revolutionary ideas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The upheaval was caused by disgust with the French aristocracy and the economic policies of King Louis XVI, who met his death by guillotine, as did his wife Marie Antoinette.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the most important writers of the Enlightenment were the Philosophes of France, especially Voltaire and the political philosopher Montesquieu. Other important Philosophes were the compilers of the Encyclopédie, including Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Condorcet.

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