The French Revolution: Class 9 Social Studies Q&A
5 free answers on The French Revolution (Social Studies) for Class 9 students, across CBSE, ICSE and State boards. Includes questions such as “Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.”
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- Social StudiesClass 9CBSE
Would you agree with the view that the message of universal rights was beset with contradictions? Explain.
Though it says ‘Universal Rights’, women were unfortunately left out from the basic rights that were promised. They did not have equal rights that men enjoyed. They did not have the right to liberty, property, security and above all, the resistance to oppression. In the formulation of laws, women did not have any representation. Women were not entitled to all the honours and public employment, according to their abilities.
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Draw up a list of democratic rights we enjoy today whose origins could be traced to the French Revolution.
The list of democratic rights are Freedom of speech Freedom of expression Freedom of press Abolition of censorship Right to vote Abolition of slavery Right to liberty Right to property Right to security Right to education Divorce laws
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Describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the peoples of the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The ideas of liberty and democratic rights are the most important legacies of the French revolution. These spread from France to the rest of Europe during the nineteenth century, where feudal systems were abolished. Colonised people reworked the idea of freedom from bondage into their movements to create a sovereign nation-state. Tipu Sultan and Ram Mohan Roy are two examples of individuals who responded to the ideas originating from Revolutionary France.
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Which groups of French society benefited from the revolution? Which groups were forced to relinquish power? Which sections of society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution?
French society was divided into 3 estates. The third estate benefitted the most. The third estate consisted of Peasants, artisans, Small peasants, landless labour, servants, big businessmen, merchants, court officials, lawyers etc. The groups that were forced to relinquish power were the people belonging to the 1st and 2nd estate. These people had enjoyed certain privileges by birth. With the revolution, the people in 1st and 2nd estate lost their privileges. Because inequality was one of the
- Social StudiesClass 9CBSE
Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
When King Louis XVI was anointed as the new king, he found an empty treasury. Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France. On top of this, there was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the Palace of Versailles. France had helped the thirteen American colonies gain their independence from their common enemy, Britain. The war added more than a billion lives to a debt that had already risen to more than 2 billion lives. Lenders who gave credit began to charge 10 p