French Revolution And The Idea Of Nation

Question 1

To make collective identity within the country,what was done by the French revolutionaries after France became a nation state?

Answer 1

New hymns were composed and martyrs commemorated
French declared official language
Regional dialects were discouraged
Tricolour French flag
Estate general re-elected by active citizens and was called the National assembly
Introduced uniform weight standard measurements
Internal dues were abolished
The idea of la patrie & le citoyen was introduced

Question 2

How did the French armies made their way into Holland,Switzerland,Italy & Belgium

Answer 2

Through the campaigns done by Jacobin clubs comprising of middle class people

Question 3

Which idea was carried by the French armies?

Answer 3

The idea of nationalism

Question 4

Why was Napolean beloved initially even if he destroyed republic in France and established democracy?

Answer 4

He brought out many reforms. He incorporated parliamentary principles into the administrative system to make it more effective and rational.

Question 5

When was civil code by Napolean brought out? What was it also known?

Answer 5

1804 and Napoleonic code

Question 6

What was the civil code of 1804

Answer 6

It abolished the privileges based on birth
It secured right to property
It introduced equality before the law

Question 7

What is a guild? What were the thoughts on Napolean on it?

Answer 7

Guild was a group of the small producers in the market who usually used to raise their issues in front of the monarch
One of the reforms brought out by Napolean was the removal of guild restrictions that were done by the former rulers

Question 8

When was the battle of Leipzig fought?

Answer 8

1813

Question 9

When was Napolean defeated

Answer 9

Battle of Waterloo,1815

Question 10

How did Napolean lost support

Answer 10

Increased taxation
Forced recruitment
Censorship imposed

Question 11

For diplomacy,the autocracy spoke……..

Answer 11

French

Question 12

Aristocracy spoke in
Galicia
Lombardy & Venetia
Bohemia
Hungary

Answer 12

Polish
Italian
German
Magyar

Question 13

Who were the minority in the society but we’re socially & politically dominant

Answer 13

The landed aristocracy

Question 14

How did middle class became the commercial class

Answer 14

Due to industrial revolution,more the production,more the growth of towns & the middle class

Question 15

What did The liberal middle class demanded in the economic sphere

Answer 15

Removal of imposed restriction on movement of capital & goods
Freedom of markets

Question 16

What were the demands of the political and social sphere

Answer 16

Political - govt by consent that followed parliamentary principles and favour the inviolability of private property
Social - equality before the law

Question 17

What was the result of the revolution by liberal middle class

Answer 17

Zolleverin or customs union was introduced by prussia

Question 18

What was zolleverin

Answer 18

Thirty to two currencies brought down
Unform standard weight measurements
Tariff barriers were abolished
Created railway networks

Question 19

Who hosted the treaty of Vienna

Answer 19

Duke metternich the chancellor of austria

Question 20

What was beneficial for the conservatives that was brought by the modernization

Answer 20

A modern army
An efficient beaurocarcy

Question 21

Who was the new king of France after July revolution

Answer 21

Louis Philippe

Question 22

Clergy who disobeyed the Russian authority were sent to…

Answer 22

The Siberian jail

Question 23

Who was inspired by the July revolution

Answer 23

Brussels

Question 24

From which kingdom did Belgium disintegrated itself and declared independence within the country?

Answer 24

United kingdom of Netherlands

Question 25

Who supported the Greeks during their fight to independence in 1821

Answer 25

West Europeans
Greeks across all Europe

Question 26

What did the artists and the poets considered Greek as….

Answer 26

The cradle of the European civilisation

Question 27

What recognised the Greek as an independent nation state and when

Answer 27

Treaty of constantipole,1832

Question 28

What was the national symbol of struggle in the case of the Poland against the Russian authority

Answer 28

Polish language

Question 29

What does ‘das volk’ mean? Who said it and to express what?

Answer 29

The common people. It was used by Johann Gottfried a German philosopher who believed true culture could only be discovered amongst the common people and the traditions

Question 30

Like Gottfried,name the philosopher in the case of Poland

Answer 30

Karol kurpinski