The French Revolution
1) when was slavery finally abolished in France colonies?
2) who introduced reign of terror and where?
3) the member of the jacobin club belonged mainly to----------
4) one important law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in 1789 was the-------
5) in 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as emperor of the--------
6) which theory was proposed by montesquieu?
7) who proposed the social contract theory?
8) triangular slave trade started among--------
9) women in France won the right to vote in------
10) what did the French revolution of 1789 stand for?
11) what did the fall of Bastille signify?
12)name the special tax levied by the church on peasant.
13) what was the General Estate?
14) what compelled Louis XVI to raise taxes in France explain any five regions?
15) Trace rights which we are enjoying today had origin in the French Revolution.
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1) Slavery was first abolished by the French Republic in 1794, but Napoleon revoked that decree in 1802. In 1815, the republic abolished the slave trade but the decree did not come into effect until 1826. France re-abolished slavery in her colonies in 1848 with a general and unconditional emancipation
2) Reign of Terror (June 1793 - July 1794) Phase of the French Revolution. It began with the overthrow of the Girondins and the ascendancy of the Jacobins under Robespierre
3) The member of the Jacobin club belonged mainly to the less prosperous sections of society. They included small shopkeepers, artisans such as shoemaker, pastry cooks, watch-maker. Their leader was Maximilian Robespierre
4) The important law that soon came into effect after storming of Bastille was the abolition of censorship
5) Napoleon crowned emperor. In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pops Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe Placed on his own head.
6) Montesquieu is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitution through-out the world. He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the world "despotism" in the political lexicon
7) Thomas Hobbes
8) The best-known triangular trading system is the transatlantic slave trade that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonies powers, with the northern colonies of British North
9) The French women's were disappointed that the French Constitution of 1791 made them passive citizens, They demanded the right to vote, to be elected to the assembly and to hold political positions. The fight for the right to vote continued through an international suffrage movement during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was finally in 1946 that women during the revolutionary years inspired many women around the world
10) The French Revolution of 1789 stands for equality, liberty and fraternity. The French Revolution of 1789 proclaimed the abolition of monarchy and establishment of French republic. So the liberty became true due to proclaimed. The tree estates clergy, nobility and privileged
11) Bastille was a prison in France. It was a symbol of feudal exploitation presistant in France. The fall of Bastille signified the crumbling power of monarchy
12) Tithes was the special tax levied by the church on peasants
13) In France under the old regime, the Estates General or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. It has a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king
14) • When Louis XVI ascended the throne 1774, he found an empty treasury
• Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France
• France had helped 13 American colonies to gain independence from Britain
• The war added more than a million livres to debt
•. To meet the regular expenses, such as the cost of maintaining the army, the court, running government offices, the state was compelled to increase the taxes
15) Equality, liberty and fraternity who are the basic principles of the declaration of the right of man and citizens declared by the French National assembly on 27 August 1789. The following are the democratic rights that we enjoy today which came into existence due to French Revolution
1. 1794
Revolutionary France abolished slavery throughout its empire in 1794, although it was restored in 1802 by Napoleon as part of a program to ensure sovereignty over its colonies.
2. Robespierre
Reign of Terror (June 1793–July 1794) Phase of the French Revolution. It began with the overthrow of the Girondins and the ascendancy of the Jacobins under Robespierre. Against a background of foreign invasion and civil war, opponents were ruthlessly persecuted and c
3. The members of the Jacobin club belonged mainly to the less prosperous sections of society. They included small shopkeepers, artisans such as shoemakers, pastry cooks, watch-makers, printers, as well as servants and daily-wage workers. Their leader was Maximilian Robespierre.
4. abolition of censorship
The important law that soon came into effect after storming of bastille was the abolition of censorship.
5. In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head.
6. Montesquieu is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word “despotism” in the political lexicon.
7. The idea of the social contract goes back at least to Epicurus (Thrasher 2013). In its recognizably modern form, however, the idea is revived by Thomas Hobbes; it was developed in different ways by John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant.
8. The best-known triangular trading system is the transatlantic slave trade that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers, with the northern colonies of British North ...
9. The French women's were disappointed that the French Constitution of 1791 made them passive citizens. They demanded the right to vote, to be elected to the Assembly and to hold political positions. The fight for the right to vote continued through an international suffrage movement during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.It was finally in 1946 that women in France won the right to vote. The political activities of French women during the revolutionary years inspired many women around the world.
10. equality, liberty and fraternity
The French Revolution of 1789 stands for equality, liberty and fraternity. The French Revolution of 1789 proclaimed the abolition of monarchy and establishment of french Republic. So the liberty became true due to the proclamation. The three estates vanished and privileges of nobles and clergy ended.
11. The Bastille in Paris was built during the Middle Ages as a fortress during the Hundred Years' War with England. It became a prison later on, when the need for a fortress in Paris had dissippated. By the eighteenth century it held many prisoners placed there by the royal authorities. The Marquis de Sade was perhaps its most famous prisoner.
12. Tithe was the tax levied on peasants and collected by churches.
13. In France under the Old Regime, the Estates General or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king.
14. France had helped 13 American colonies to gain independence from Britain. 4) The war added more than a million livres to debt. 5)To meet the regular expenses, such as the cost of maintaining the army, the court, running government offices, the state was compelled to increase the taxes.
15. Some of the rights that we enjoy today originated from the French Revolution. Equality, liberty and fraternity who are the basic principles of the declaration of the rights of man and citizen declared by the French National assembly on 27 August 1789.