Question

Describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the people of the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Answer 1

Hint:
1. French people were tortured by the king and the queen.
2. The upheaval was due to general frustration with the French monarchy and King Louis XVI's weak economic policies, who like his wife Marie Antoinette, met his death by guillotine.
3. When a general named Napoleon overthrew the revolutionary government and established the French Consulate, the revolution came to an end in 1799.

Complete answer:
1 The ideas of liberty and democratic rights were the most important legacy of the French Revolution.
2 During the nineteenth century, they spread from France into the rest of Europe, where feudal regimes were abolished.
3 The Germans, Italians and Austrians were motivated by this to overthrow their oppressive regimes.
4 The French Revolution inspired Asia and Africa's struggling nations who were groaning under European colonialism's oppression.
5 Few examples are Tipu Sultan and Rajaram Mohan Roy.
6 During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the legacy of the French Revolution for the peoples of the world was as follows:

(i) Ideals of freedom and democratic diffusion from France to other European countries and feudalism were abolished.

(ii) The concept of independence from slavery knowledge was reworked by colonial people in their movements to create independent nation-states.

(iii) It was the first movement to promote the values of democracy, equality and brotherhood.

(iv) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Person granted rights such as the right to life, freedom of expression, equality before the law, etc.

 (v) Many rights were granted to women. They could not be compelled against their will to marry, divorce was made legal, education was made compulsory and they were able to prepare for jobs.

Note:
1. France is the most popular tourist destination worldwide
2. For around 300 years, French has been England's official language.
3. In literature, France has more Nobel Prize winners than any other country.