KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789)
/ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC
PRELIMINARY / NOTES
KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789)
/ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC
PRELIMINARY / NOTES
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The
century from 1750 to 1850 is known as the ‘Age of Revolutions’
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18th
century is known as the ‘Age of Enlightenment’
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18th
century is also known as ‘Age of Reason’
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Voltaire,
Rousseau and Montesquieu
were the prominent philosophers who gave inspiration to the French people
·
French
society on the eve of Revolution was divided into three Estates: Clergy, Nobles
and Commons
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Louis
XVI was the king of France when the revolution broke out (1774-1792)
·
His
wife was beautiful but ‘Empty Headed lady’ Mary Antoinette
·
Like
the Stuart kings of England, the bourbons of France also ruled by the Divine
Right theory of Kingship. Louis XIV (1643-1715) who fully exploited the
theory said “I am the state”
·
The
French Parliament was known as “Estates General”
·
The
Bastile Prison which was the symbol of monarch’s cruelty was broken by
the third Estate on 14th July 1789. Thus began the French Revolution
·
July
14th is observed as a national holiday in France every year in
memory of this incident.
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Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity
the slogan of the French Revolution was given by Rousseau the French
Philosopher and the author of “The Social Contract”
·
His
famous saying is “Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains”
·
Louise
Phillippe was the Emperor
of France from 1830-1848 AD. He shunned the traditional symbols of monarchy and
came to be known as the ‘Citizen King’
·
Napolean
Bonaparte (1769-1821) is known as the “Child of the French Revolution”.
·
Napolean
Bonaparte was born in
Corsica, an island in the Meditteranean sea in 1769. He proclaimed
himself the emperor of France in 1804. He was defeated by the English in 1813
and deported to Elba. But later he recaptured power. But after his final defeat
in the Battle of Water Loo he was deported to St. Helena Island. There
he died in 1821. The Government formed by Napolean in France was known as
Consulate. The Bank of France was established by Napolean.
·
French
Philosopher Rousseau is the author of books such as Emile,
Confessions, Social contract etc…
·
The
most important work of Montesquieu is “The Spirit of Laws”
·
French
Revolution resulted in the destruction of feudalism in France
·
French
Revolution gave the term ‘nation’, its modern meaning
·
Elysee
Palace is the official
residence of French President
·
Now
the term of French President is five years, earlier it was seven years
·
Franc is French currency
KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789)
/ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC
PRELIMINARY / NOTES
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