Question

In which revolution we see the clear expression of Nationalism?
A. French revolution 1789
B. England revolution 1889
C. Germany revolution 1831
D. Italy revolution 1791

Answer 1

Hint: Nationalism is a philosophy that asserts that a country is created by groups of people with a shared identity, language, background, customs. It is the commitment to a specific nation's interest or culture that generates a patriotic feeling that brings substantial momentum that ties a nation together.

Complete Answer:
French Revolution: The list of hardships faced by the common people in France is a very long one. It included autocratic, extravagant rulers, affluent nobles and clergy, landless peasants, jobless workers, unjust taxation. In the 18th century, France was a solid and strong kingdom. It has captured territories In North America, the islands in the West Indies. Despite this external dominance, the French monarchy was facing a crisis that was to lead to its demise.

Division of class in France:
1. First estate
2. Second estate
3. Third estate

First two classes were the privileged classes. The third estate included common people which formed about 95 percent of the whole population of France. It was also further divided, including peasants, middle class, artisans. People of the third estate led a miserable life. The French kingdom was suffering from a financial crisis and a whole load of this crisis was shifted on the shoulders of third estate people and this miserable condition of commoners, as well as insults which came from the other two classes, paved the final way to this revolution. The upper classes were shaken by the sequence of events begun by the middle class. People revolted against the monarchy's barbaric regime.

Legacy of the french revolution: The ideals of liberty, fraternity, and equality were put forth by this movement. It gave an expression of nationalism that was obvious.

Hence the correct answer is option A.

Note: - During the French revolution, the guillotine was the preferred execution method, and only in 1981 did France abolish capital punishment. In 1977, Hamida Djandoubi was the last person to die from the guillotine; he was executed in Marseille, France.
- One of the Revolution's initial acts of non-compliance took place on a tennis court. On 20 June 1789, after being locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General, the Third Estate gathered at a tennis court near the Palace of Versailles. Formation of the National Assembly was finalized by taking an oath, as well as the first time that King Louis XVI was publicly opposed by French citizens.