Question

Chapter -: The French Revolution (Class 9)

1. Describe some of the most prominent figures of the Enlightenment

2. What problems in France and beyond contributed to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte?

Answer 1

Answer:

1》=> 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.

2》=> The weakness of the Directory government: This confusion provided chance for Napoleon to come to power ie, he was helped by Abbey sieyes to organize a coup that brought him to power in 1799. d) The Directory government had failed to solve the problem of corruption that made them unpopular to the French men.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

1 answer : Some of the major figures of the Enlightenment included Cesare Beccaria, Denis Diderot, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Locke, Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Hugo Grotius, Baruch Spinoza, and Voltaire.

2 answer : It was hoped that with the end of the monarchy there would be an end to the wars, unfair taxation and excess draining the French economy. The people wanted to improve their economic fortunes. Instead of improving, France descended further into corruption and chaos, and ushered in the rise of a new dictator -- Napoleon.