describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the peoples of the world during the 19 and 20 century
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The Legacy of the French Revolution for the people of world during the 19 and 20 centuries can be explained under the following heads:
1. Equality: equality was one of the major principles of the French Revolution. The distinction between the poor and the rich was removed. Every government began to give equal rights to the rich and the poor.
2. Liberty: Before the French Revolution freedom meant political freedom but now freedom and social and religious freedom too. The Welfare of the people was to be the duty of the rulers therefore there were no longer absolute Kings.
3. Fraternity: The idea of fraternity also got and impetus from the French Revolution.
4. Democracy: Monarchial systems gave place to the democratic system.
5. Welfare of the people: governments all over the world began to think about the Welfare of the people as its duty. The children were stopped from working in the factories. The conditions in the factories were improved. A number of steps were taken to improve the working condition in the mines.
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