The French Revolution
Q1.Desccribe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
Ans.The following circumstances lead to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France:
(i)Social Inequality: France was suffering from social inequality. The clergy and the nobility led a luxurious life and enjoyed many privileges by birth. While the peasants and the labourers lived very hard life.They had to pay heavy taxes.
(ii)Extravagant King:Louis XVI spent lots of money on luxurious living and wasteful festivities. The high posts were generally auctioned which caused inefficiency in the administration. The people were irritated from such system.
(iii)Worse economic Conditions:Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France.Added to this way the cost of maintaining extravagant court. To meet these expenses,the state was forced to increase taxes that also irked the people of France.
(iv)Immediate cause:On 5 may, 1789, Louis XVI called together an assembly os Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes.This proved to be immediate cause of the French revolution.
Q2.Which groups of french society benefited from the revolution?Which groups were forced to relinguish power? Which sections of society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution?
Ans.The benifited groups of the french society:
(i)All thhe groups of the third estate were benefited from the revolution. These included peasants,artisans,landless labour,servants,merchants,court officials,lawyers, etc.
(ii) The clergy and the nobility who enjoyed many privileges were forced to relinquish power.
(iii)Feudal lords,nobles,clergy and women would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution.
Q3.Describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the people of the world during the nineteenth and twentieh centuries?
Ans.The legacy of the french revolution for the people of the world:Consequences of the french revolution (1789) did not bring several vital results for french only but for the other parts of the world as well.
(i)It inspired revolutionary moments in almost every country of Europe and in south and central America.
(ii)The french revolution gave the term 'nation' its modern meaning.A nation is not the territory that the people belonging to it inhabit but the people themselves.
(iii)It ended the arbitrary rule and developed the idea of people's republic.
(iv)This revolution inspired the people with the ideal of freedom which became the basis of sovereignty.
(v)It gave the concept of social equality,i.e. equal rights for all the citizens of the country.
(vi)It also spread the idea of world fraternity.
Q4.Draw up a list of democratic rights whose origins could be traced to the French Revolution.
Ans.We can trace the origin of the following democratic rights we enjoy today to the french revolution:
1)Right to Equity
2)Right to Freedom
3)Right against exploitation
4)Educational Rights
5)Freedom of Speech
6)Right to Live
Q5.Would you agree with the view that the message of universal rights was beset with contradictions? Explain
Ans.Though after the french Revolution the Republic of France was established and equality became one of its guiding principles, the message of universal rights was beset with contradictions.
(iii)Worse economic Conditions:Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France.Added to this way the cost of maintaining extravagant court. To meet these expenses,the state was forced to increase taxes that also irked the people of France.
(iv)Immediate cause:On 5 may, 1789, Louis XVI called together an assembly os Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes.This proved to be immediate cause of the French revolution.
Q2.Which groups of french society benefited from the revolution?Which groups were forced to relinguish power? Which sections of society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution?
Ans.The benifited groups of the french society:
(i)All thhe groups of the third estate were benefited from the revolution. These included peasants,artisans,landless labour,servants,merchants,court officials,lawyers, etc.
(ii) The clergy and the nobility who enjoyed many privileges were forced to relinquish power.
(iii)Feudal lords,nobles,clergy and women would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution.
Q3.Describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the people of the world during the nineteenth and twentieh centuries?
Ans.The legacy of the french revolution for the people of the world:Consequences of the french revolution (1789) did not bring several vital results for french only but for the other parts of the world as well.
(i)It inspired revolutionary moments in almost every country of Europe and in south and central America.
(ii)The french revolution gave the term 'nation' its modern meaning.A nation is not the territory that the people belonging to it inhabit but the people themselves.
(iii)It ended the arbitrary rule and developed the idea of people's republic.
(iv)This revolution inspired the people with the ideal of freedom which became the basis of sovereignty.
(v)It gave the concept of social equality,i.e. equal rights for all the citizens of the country.
(vi)It also spread the idea of world fraternity.
Q4.Draw up a list of democratic rights whose origins could be traced to the French Revolution.
Ans.We can trace the origin of the following democratic rights we enjoy today to the french revolution:
1)Right to Equity
2)Right to Freedom
3)Right against exploitation
4)Educational Rights
5)Freedom of Speech
6)Right to Live
Q5.Would you agree with the view that the message of universal rights was beset with contradictions? Explain
Ans.Though after the french Revolution the Republic of France was established and equality became one of its guiding principles, the message of universal rights was beset with contradictions.
- The suffrage was not granted to the women.
- The citizens having no property were deprived of this right.
- Only the people who belonged to the highest bracket of tax payers were granted the right to vote.
Ans.Political Instability:The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte was also an indirect result of the French Revolution.As often happens in revolutions,there was political and economic in stability in France,and there was a struggle for power.
(2)New Constitution:After the fall of Jacobian government, a new constitution was introduced.It provided for two elected legislative councils and a directory.However the directory often clashed with the legislative councils,who then sought to dismiss them.The Clash was responsible for political instability.Napoleon took advantage of the situation and became a dictator with the help of the army.
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