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Abbé Sieyes |
A catholic priest who wrote what is the third estate? In 1789, which argued that the common people of the third estate, who did most of the work and paid most of the taxes constituted the true nation. |
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Napoleonic Code |
French civil code promulgated in 1804 that reasserted the 1789 principals of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth |
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Traditional interpretations of the origins of the FR |
Growing tensions between the nobility and the comfortable members of the 3rd estate |
Tensions..... |
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Impact of the 7 years war on conflict between monarch and parliament |
Doubled the British national debt. |
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Louis XV sacred authority |
"The magistrates are my officers" appoints, Rene de maupeou |
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Britain's tax policy in 1760s |
Debt from 7 years war doubled Britain's debt, taxed America. |
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French debt v. British debt v. Holland's debt |
France 50% went to pay down debt England + Holland had larger debt relative to their population. |
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National Assembly's laws |
1789-1791 constitution of the realm |
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Abolition of slavery in saint Dominique |
"Code noir" recscined in 1760s (resulted in discriminatory laws) Vincent Ogel lead a revolution + national assembly granted rights Slaves practiced voodoo, revolted + April 4, 1792 national assembly issued decree of enfranchisement |
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9 Thermidor |
July 4, 1794- radicals shouted down Robespierre at national convention . the next day he went to guillotine |
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Napoleons background |
Born in Corsica to poor noble family, was lieutenant in French Army, then in the Revolution, commander in the Army |
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Girondists v. The Mountain |
Girondists- moderate group that fought for control of French national convention in 1793 Mountain- led by Robespierre, the FR radical faction which seized legislative power in a 1793 |
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The national Assembly's radical turn in 1789 |
The third estate refused the old one vote per state. |
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The concordat |
1801 signed by napoleon + pope Pius VII - the right of catholics to practice freely and priests helped instill patriotism. |
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Napoleons political system |
March 1804 - Napoleonic code - equality of all male citizens before the law and absolute security of wealth and private property. Centralized state. |
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Toussant L' Ouverture |
Independent ruler of western st. Dominique, freed slaves of African descent. Re established plantations. Harsh to former slaves. |
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Continental system |
Blockade by napoleon to halt all trade between continental Europe and Britain, weakening British economy and military. |
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Olympe de Gouges |
Self taught writer. Woman of the peoples, published "declaration of rights of woman" in 1791 |
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Storming of the Bastille |
1789 - bread prices ↑ unemployment July 13, Bastille stormed for weapons Lafayette named new commander |
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Post great fear and the national assembly |
Declaration of rights of man |
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The royal family's return to paris |
After women's march on paris, the king moved closer to Paris to calm the disorder |
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National Assembly reforms |
Aug 27, 1789 Declaration of Rights of Man spirit of enlightenment to laws sold church property to presents to settle national debt |
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Changing reactions to the FR by kings and nobles |
first welcomed revolution then felt threatened |
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Delegates of the 1791 Legislative Assembly |
younger less cautious than their predecessors and waged a war against tyranny |
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Mixed message of the French Army |
They liberated and plundered looked like invaders |
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Goal Committee for public safety |
April 1793 deal with threats from within and outside France |
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1780 French national budget |
50% interest payments on dead 25% maintain military 6% used by King less than 20% available for the rest transportation etc |
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Groups within the pre French Revolution third estate |
Clergy nobility and commoners |
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July 1794 and the war with the first coalition |
What did the reign of terror with Robespierre |
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The third estates elected representatives |
Lawyers government officials and a few representing business or the poor |
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Jacobins and womens political activities |
Men and women who met to discuss burning political questions of the day |
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