What was remarkable about the levée en masse?
a) It created an army in which every French person, from old men to women to young children, had an important role to play.
b) It created an efficient officer class almost overnight to replace the previous aristocratic officers.
Consider This: The new French army was markedly different from the professional armies developed under the absolute monarchs of the eighteenth century. See 6.3: Creating the Republic.
c) For the first time, all nobles were specifically excluded from serving in the army.
Consider This: The new French army was markedly different from the professional armies developed under the absolute monarchs of the eighteenth century. See 6.3: Creating the Republic.
d) The levée was paid for entirely by voluntary contributions to the revolutionary government.
Consider This: The new French army was markedly different from the professional armies developed under the absolute monarchs of the eighteenth century. See 6.3: Creating the Republic.
a) It created an army in which every French person, from old men to women to young children, had an important role to play.
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