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Social Science · 2024 · 5 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 4 · Set 3 · Q30
(a) "The mission and the destiny of the French nation was to liberate the peoples of Europe." Support the statement in context of impact of French…
(a)
"The mission and the destiny of the French nation was to liberate the peoples of Europe." Support the statement in context of impact of French revolution.
OR
(b)
"In the administrative field Napoleon had incorporated revolutionary principles." Explain the statement.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) When the news of the events in France reached the different cities of Europe, students and other members of educated middle classes begin setting up Jacobin Club.
(ii) Their activities and campaigns prepared the way for the French armies.
(iii) The French armies moved into Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and much of Italy in the 1790s.
(iv) With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the French army carried the idea of nationalism abroad.
(v) Within the wide swathe of territory that came under his control, Napoleon set about introducing many reforms that he had already introduced in France.
(vi) Simplification of administrative system.
(vii) Abolishion of feudal system.
(b) “In the administrative field Napoleon had incorporated revolutionary principles.” Explain the statement.
(i) Napoleon set about introducing many of the reforms that he had already introduced in France.
(ii) He made the whole system more rational and efficient.
(iii) Civil code of $\displaystyle 1804$, usually known as the Napoleonic Code, did away with all privileges based on birth.
(iv) The code was exported to the regions under French control.
(v) Napoleon simplified administrative divisions.
(vi) He abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom manorial dues.
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