AP Success - AP European History: The French Constitution of 1791
The Constitution of 1791"[Preamble]The National Assembly, wishing to establish the French Constitution upon the principles it has just recognized and declared, abolishes irrevocably the institutions which were injurious to liberty and equality of rights.5Neither nobility, nor peerage, nor hereditary distinctions, nor distinctions of orders, nor feudal regime, nor patrimonial courts, nor any titles, denominations, or prerogatives derived therefrom, nor any order of knighthood, nor any corporations or decorations requiring proofs of nobility or implying distinctions of birth, nor any superiority other than that of public functionaries in the performance of their duties any longer exists.Neither venality nor inheritance of any public office any longer exists.Neither privilege nor exception to the law common to all Frenchmen any longer exists for any10part of the nation or for any individual.Neither jurandes nor corporations of professions, arts, and crafts any longer exist.The law no longer recognizes religious vows or any other obligation contrary to natural rights or the Constitution."
Question 1
Which of the following principles is most directly reflected in the preamble of the Constitution of 1791?
The promotion of mercantilist economic policies
The divine right of kings to rule
The establishment of a strong federal system
Equality before the law and the abolition of privileges
Question 2
The abolition of 'nobility, nor peerage, nor hereditary distinctions' as stated in the Constitution of 1791 reflects the influence of which intellectual movement?
The Scientific Revolution
The Romantic Movement
The Enlightenment
The Counter-Reformation
Question 3
The Constitution of 1791's stance on 'neither jurandes nor corporations of professions, arts, and crafts' suggests a move towards which economic system?
Socialism with collective ownership
Mercantilism with strict government control
Feudalism with land-based wealth
Capitalism and free market principles
Question 4
The statement that 'the law no longer recognizes religious vows or any other obligation contrary to natural rights or the Constitution' is an example of the French Revolution's attempt to:
Encourage the proliferation of monastic orders
Promote religious fundamentalism
Reduce the influence of the Catholic Church in public life
Establish a state religion
Question 5
The Constitution of 1791's declaration that 'Neither privilege nor exception to the law common to all Frenchmen any longer exists for any part of the nation or for any individual' was a radical departure from which of the following Old Regime practices?
The practice of absolutism, where the monarch had complete control over the military
The Estates system, where the clergy and nobility had special privileges
The guild system, which encouraged industrial development
The Napoleonic Code, which standardized legal systems across Europe
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