What change occurred in the idea of sovereignty after the French Revolution?
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Correct answer: Sovereignty was seen as moving from the monarch to the people
Sovereignty means the supreme authority to make and enforce political decisions. The French Revolution challenged the monarch’s claim to possess this authority by hereditary right and advanced the principle that power belonged to the nation, understood as its citizens. This change is called popular sovereignty, so option A is correct. The other choices transfer power to foreign rulers, the Church, or nobles and therefore do not express the revolutionary principle of citizen authority.
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Sovereignty was seen as moving from the monarch to the people
Why is this the correct answer?
Sovereignty means the supreme authority to make and enforce political decisions. The French Revolution challenged the monarch’s claim to possess this authority by hereditary right and advanced the principle that power belonged to the nation, understood as its citizens. This change is called popular sovereignty, so option A is correct. The other choices transfer power to foreign rulers, the Church, or nobles and therefore do not express the revolutionary principle of citizen authority.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Social Science question. Chapter: The Age of Industrialisation. Topic: The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation.
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