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French Revolution

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Started in 1789

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What group of people started this revolution and why?

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Educated middle-class men who wanted political power equivalent to their social standing + economic power

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Relation to American Revolution

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Inspired French philosophes + their followers

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Purpose of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen

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Equality of all women

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Who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen?

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Olympe de Gouges

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Extent of change

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More radical than American Rev; Sought to replace entire old system with new political + social + cultural structures

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Ancien regime

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Old order

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Causes

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Complete bankruptcy from war debts + maintain army; Unfair voting in Estates General

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Louis XVI (16)

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Initially thought he couldn’t raise revenue from peasants -> Tried to increase taxes on nobility -> Summon Estates general to get money -> Increase

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Why didn’t increase taxes on nobility work?

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Protested because they were normally excused from taxation

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Estate General

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Assembly that represented the entire French population through estates (1 vote for each)

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Social hierarchy in ancien regime

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1st Estate > 2nd Estate > 3rd Estate

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1st Estate

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RC clergy; Socially + politically conservative - disliked reforms of estate general

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2nd Estate

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Nobles; Socially + politically conservative - disliked reforms of estate general

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3rd Estate

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Rest of population (serfs, peasants, artisans, bankers, etc); Demanded political + social reforms based on popular sovereignty (JJR)

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National Assembly

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Revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate after leaving the Estate General; 1 man = 1 vote;

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Tenis Court Oath

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Members of national assembly claimed to never disband until France has a new constitution

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Storming of the Bastille

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Start of the French revolution; Attack on prison due to fear that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France’s newly constituted National Assembly

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Who declared the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?

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National Assembly

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Purpose of Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

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Equality of all men; Sovereignty resides in the people (JJR); Individual rights to liberty, property, and security (Locke)

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Goals

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Liberty, equality, and fraternity

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What did the National Assembly do to the old order?

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Abolish the old order + fees / labor services that peasants owned to their landlords

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What did the National Assembly do to religious institutions?

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Altered the role of the church by seizing church lands + abolish 1st estate + define clergy as civilians + require clergy to take an oath of loyalty to state

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What did the National Assembly do to the government?

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Issued constitution that made the king the main executive official but is deprived of legislative authority / can’t change or create laws (Montesquieu)

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Type of government under National Assembly
Constitutional monarchy where men of property were the only ones that had power to vote
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DRMC + Enlightenment influence
2nd article: Goal of political association is the preservation of natural rights of man, which are liberty + property + security + resistance to oppression (Locke) 3rd article: Principle of all sovereignty resides in the people (JJR) 4th + 11th article: Liberty consists in the freedom to do anything that doesn't harm another + Free communication of thoughts (Voltaire)
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Effects of National Assembly toward nobility
Diminished status
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What did the nobility do to try to gain back power?
Use foreign powers to support the king + restore old order
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Why was the Convention created?
Revolutionary leaders feared military defeat + counter-revolution
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The Convention
Legislative body elected by universal manhood suffrage - abolish monarchy + declared France a republic
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Universal manhood suffrage
Form of voting rights where all adult male citizens within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, etc
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Levee en masse
Draft people + resources for use in war against invading forces; Created by the Convention
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How did the Convention solve foreign and domestic threats?
Levee en masse + use of guillotine
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Committee of Public Safety
Committee that oversee military + foreign policy + coordinated war effort + ensured unity against foreign coalitions; Executive authority of the Republic
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Maximilien Robespierre
Lawyer by trade; Ruthless but powerful radical; Led the CPS
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Who were the Jacobins and what did they believe in?
Maximilien's supporters and believed France needed complete restructuring;
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What are Jacobins' influence in religion?
Sought to remove influence of Christianity by closing churches + forcing priests to marry + promote "cult of reason" as a secular alternative
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Cult of reason
Atheist religion created by the Jacobins; Encouraged citizens to wear working-class clothes
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Cult of reason on women
Increased their rights by allowing them to inherit property and divorce their husbands - didn't allow women to vote or participate in political affairs
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Olympe de Gouges
French revolutionary; Advocate for women's rights; Declaration of Rights of Women + Citizens; Killed by the Jacobins bc they didn't want women to have more rights of freedom and equality
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Reign of Terror
Radicals who disagrees with Robespierre and the Jacobins were massacred by the guillotine
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Result of the reign of terror
The Convention arrested and killed Robespierre and his allies
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Who ruled after Robespierre was killed?
The Directory
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The Directory
A five-member committee that failed to reform the disastrous economy + military problems; Kept changing policies + faced challenges to authority
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Result of the Directory
Napoleon Bonaparte
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What did this revolution lead to?
Destroyed hierarchical social order of ancien regime + extended political and legal rights to all citizens (until Napoleon + later rulers)
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Women rights under NA + Convention
Free public education; Wives have a share of family property; Legalized divorce; No right to vote / participate in public affairs

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