Question

1.Give answer in 20 words
(i) Who wrote the book The spirit of the Laws?

(ii) Define old regime?

(iii) When was Slavery abolished in Europe?

(iv) What was the name of newly elected Assembly by Jacobins?

(v) Which political party have been ruling in Zimbabwe since independence?

(vi) Define Preamble?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The Spirit of Laws, first published in 1750, is a detailed treatise on the structures and theory of government by French political philosopher Baron de Montesquieu.

2. The Ancien Régime was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France from the Late Middle Ages until the French Revolution of 1789, which led to the abolition of hereditary monarchy and of the feudal system of the French nobility. The late Valois and Bourbon dynasties ruled during the Ancien Régime

3. 1807 - Britain passes Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, outlawing British Atlantic slave trade. - United States passes legislation banning the slave trade, effective from start of 1808. 1811 - Spain abolishes slavery, including in its colonies, though Cuba rejects ban and continues to deal in slaves.

4. The Assembly formed by the Jacobins came to be known as the Convention. This Assembly abolished monarchy and declared France as a Republic.

5. The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) is a political organisation which has been the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.

6. the introductory part of a statute or deed, stating its purpose, aims, and justification

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Answer 2

Explanation:

i) The "Spirit of Laws" was written by Montesquieu in 1748 in which he has given his theory of separation of powers within a state.

ii) The Ancien Régime, also known as the Old Regime was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France from the Late Middle Ages until the French Revolution of 1789, which led to the abolition of hereditary monarchy and of the feudal system of the French nobility.

iii) The Slave Trade Act outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire in 1807 and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 outlawed slavery all together.

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