WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

REVOLUTION IN FRANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All of the following were reforms during the French Revolution EXCEPT:
A
all citizens being equal under the law
B
the abolishing of feudalism
C
the push for the proportional paying of taxes
D
the propping up of the monarchy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Political reforms that were the result of the French revolution were the implementation of a constitution, the elimination of a feudal-like system and the introduction of a representative government. People, at least in theory, were equal and had the right to property.

Detailed explanation-2: -As First Consul, Napoleon instituted a number of lasting reforms: centralised administration of government, a higher education system, a central bank, law codes and a road and sewer system, many of which are still in place today.

Detailed explanation-3: -The causes of the French Revolution can be narrowed to five main factors: the Estate System, absolutism, Enlightenment ideas, food shortages, and the American Revolution. The Estate System placed people into groups based on birth and was known as the Ancien Regime.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ancien régime, or “old order, ” refers to the social and political order that existed in France from the late Middle Ages until the French Revolution. Under this system, all men were subjects of the king of France. National citizenship did not exist in France.

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