1. What was the main aim of the French Revolutionaries?
2. Which type of government was functioning in France before the revolution of 1789?
3. What are the two ideas that was put forward by French Revolutionaries?
4. What type of languages was discouraged and which language became the common language in France during French Revolution?
5. Who started Jacobian club?
6 .What did Napoleonic code do during the time of Revolution?
7. Which category of people enjoyed a new found freedom during Revolution?
8. Write about Businessmen and small scale producers
9. In which places French armies were welcomed as harbingers of liberty?
10. In which places Napoleon simplified administrative divisions?
Answers
1.Answer: The main aim of the French revolutionaries was to overthrow the monarchical rule and the 'Ancien regime' in France and the establishment of a republican government
2.absolute monarchy.
3.The French revolutionaries took many important steps to create a sense of collective identity among the French people which were: Ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) emphasising the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution..
4.Regional dialects were discouraged and French, as it was spoken and written in Paris, became the common language of the nation.
5.Maximilian Roberspiere.
6.The 1804 Napoleonic Code, which influenced civil law codes across the world, replaced the fragmented laws of pre-revolutionary France, recognizing the principles of civil liberty, equality before the law (although not for women in the same sense as for men), and the secular character of the state.
7.Peasants, artisans, businessmen and workers enjoyed the newfound freedom.
8.The small scale producers and businessmen realized that a common currency can help them with trading goods and capital from one place to another. Napoleon during his rule did away with all the privileges which were given to the people in terms of birth and made it equal for all the people.
9.all the educated middle class , formed jacobin clubs and tried to spread the idea of freedom and nationalsim wherever they go. i.e -the armies whenever they go to other places ,they spread the idea of nationalism. thus ,they were considered as harbingers of liberty.
10.In the Dutch Republic, in Switzerland, in Italy and Germany, Napoleon simplified administrative divisions, abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.
1.The main aim of the French revolutionaries was to overthrow the monarchical rule and the 'Ancien regime' in France and the establishment of a republican government.
2.absolute monarchy
Before the French Revolution, France's government was an absolute monarchy, with Louis XVI (r. 1774-1791) as king.
3. The French revolutionaries took many important steps to create a sense of collective identity among the French people which were: Ideas of la patrie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen) emphasising the notion of a united community enjoying equal rights under a constitution.
4.German and other languages were discouraged and French became the common language in France during French Revolution.
5.Maximilian Robespierre.
6. The 1804 Napoleonic Code, which influenced civil law codes across the world, replaced the fragmented laws of pre-revolutionary France, recognizing the principles of civil liberty, equality before the law (although not for women in the same sense as for men), and the secular character of the state.
7.Peasants, artisans, businessmen and workers enjoyed the newfound freedom.
8.Businessmen and small-scale producers realized that uniform laws, a common currency and standardized weights and measures would facilitate movement and exchange of goods between regions.
9. All the educated middle class , formed jacobin clubs and tried to spread the idea of freedom and nationalsim wherever they go. i.e -the armies whenever they go to other places ,they spread the idea of nationalism. thus ,they were considered as harbingers of liberty.
10. In the Dutch Republic, in Switzerland, in Italy and Germany, Napoleon simplified administrative divisions, abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.