CBSE Xth Social Science Chapterwise Quick Review

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French Revolution :

• The French Revolution in 1789 was an influential event that marked the age of revolutions in Europe. The major outcome of the revolution was the formation of a constitutional monarchy and a sizeable reduction in the royal and feudal privileges.
  

• It paved the way for the achievement of bigger goals of national identity and national pride, which can be aptly called Nationalism.
  

• After the French Revolution, emerged a famous historical personality and warrior, Napoleon Bonaparte. He introduced several effective administrative changes like the Civil Code of 1804, also known as the Napoleonic Code.
  

Salient features of the French Revolution were:

• France was under absolute monarchy in 1789.
  

• The Revolution transferred the sovereignty from the monarch to the French people.
  
• Ideas of La patrie (the fatherland) and Le citoyen (the citizen) adopted.
  

• Estates General elected by the body of active citizens and renamed the National Assembly.
  

• French armies moved into Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy in the 1790s with a promise of liberating the people from their despotic rulers.
  

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