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What Enlightenment ideal appealed to the interests of the masses of French society during the period just before the French Revolution?

AThe importance of hard work.
BThe importance of toleration.
CThe importance of a social contract.
DThe importance of an absolute monarch

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The importance of a social contract. A and D don't make sense because the French Revolution occured due to the lower classes' frustrations over how little their hard work paid off under the rule of an absolute monarch. B kind of falls under C - the French ended up wanting Napoleon because he promised social reforms which would lead to more toleration. However, the MORE ACCURATE answer here would be a social contract. Remember that a great influence for the French Revolution was the American Revolution, where the US version of a "social contract" was their coveted Democratic Constitution. That's what the French were trying to work towards in their struggle to overthrow their monarchic government.

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The importance of a social contract

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