What feeling were citizens meant to experience through the symbols of the French Revolution?
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Correct answer: They are members of a shared nation
Revolutionary symbols such as the tricolour, national festivals and images of liberty helped replace loyalty to a king with loyalty to the nation. They encouraged citizens to imagine themselves as equal members of one political community. Option A is correct. The other choices preserve subordination to monarchy, celebrate feudal division or exclude people from public life, all of which oppose the revolutionary idea of national citizenship.
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They are members of a shared nation
Why is this the correct answer?
Revolutionary symbols such as the tricolour, national festivals and images of liberty helped replace loyalty to a king with loyalty to the nation. They encouraged citizens to imagine themselves as equal members of one political community. Option A is correct. The other choices preserve subordination to monarchy, celebrate feudal division or exclude people from public life, all of which oppose the revolutionary idea of national citizenship.
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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