Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Write a short note on
The role of philosophers and thinkers of the 18th century.
Advertisements
Solution
The common people of France were greatly inspired by the revolutionary writings of the famous French Philosophers like Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Voltaire. They attacked the church and the nobility in their writings. Rousseau wrote that subjects have the right to overthrow a king who does not rule according to the general will. They propagated the ideas of liberty, fraternity, and equality.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Socialism was a reaction to the evils of ______.
Choose the correct answer:
The main occupation of the Europeans in the Medieval Age was
Choose the correct answer:
James Watt invented
Define the term ‘Industrial Revolution’.
Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to the consequences of the French Revolution, answer the following:
What effect did the French Revolution have on the rest of Europe?
Examine the drawbacks of the French monarch and the French administration which angered the French intellectuals and eventually led to the Revolution of 1789.
How did Napolean become the Emperor of France?
Answer all questions given under the heading.
The French Revolution
- When did the French Revolution explode?
- Who summoned the Estates-General in May 1789?
- What was Estates General?
- What was the reaction of the commons towards the king?
Answer all questions given under the heading.
The French Philosophers
- Mention the famous quote of Voltaire.
- What was famously said by Rousseau in his ‘Social Contract’.
- Who wrote the ‘Persian Letters’
- What was the impact of these Philosophers on French society?
Ring out the impact of the French Revolution.
