Ideas of Freedom and Equality Post-French Revolution

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What significant change did the French Revolution open up in society?

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The possibility of creating a dramatic change in the way society was structured.

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How was society structured before the eighteenth century?

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Society was broadly divided into estates and orders, controlled by the aristocracy and church.

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What new ideas began to be discussed in Europe and Asia after the French Revolution?

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Ideas about individual rights and who controlled social power.

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Who were two figures in India that talked about the significance of the French Revolution?

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Raja Rammohan Roy and Derozio.

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What was the general response in Europe to the idea of societal change after the French Revolution?

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Responses varied from acceptance of necessary change with a wish for gradual shift to a desire for radical restructuring.

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What terms were used to describe different political responses to societal change?

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Conservatives, liberals, and radicals.

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What historical event is mentioned as an attempt at radical transformation of society?

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The revolution in Russia.

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What significant idea emerged from the revolution in Russia that shaped society in the twentieth century?

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Socialism.