Imp question French Revolution

 Discuss the place of Napoleon Bonaparte in History.

 Ans. In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France.

 He set out to conquer neighbouring European countries, dispossessing dynasties

and creating kingdoms where he placed members of his family.

 Napoleon saw his role as a moderniser of Europe.

 He introduced many laws such as the protection of private property and a

uniform system of weights and measures provided by the decimal system.

 Initially, many saw Napoleon as a liberator who would bring freedom for the

people. But soon the Napoleonic armies came to be viewed everywhere as an

invading force.

 He was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815.

 Many of his measures that carried the revolutionary ideas of liberty and modern

laws to other parts of Europe had an impact on people long after Napoleon had

left.

2. Describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the people of the world

during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

 Ans. Through all these changes in the form of government, the ideals of freedom,

of equality before the law and of fraternity liberty and democratic rights

remained inspiring ideals that motivated political movements in France and the

rest of Europe during the following century. These ideals are the most important

legacy of the French Revolution.

These spread from France to the rest of Europe during the nineteenth century,

where feudal systems were abolished.

Colonised peoples reworked the idea of freedom from bondage into their

movements to create a sovereign nation state.

 Tipu Sultan and Rammohan Roy are two examples of individuals who responded

to the ideas coming from revolutionary France. Raja Rammohan Roy was one of

those who was inspired by new ideas that were spreading through Europe at that

time.