79 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
79 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
### == Contributing Factors ==
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The dismissal of Necker on July 11th
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- Popular with the 3rd Estate, contributed to the fall of the Bastille
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Famine in France
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- Crops failed in the "Little Ice Age"
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- Bread prices rose by over 88%, people were forced to spend most of their income to eat
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- Fueled anger towards nobles and taxation
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### == The Great Fear ==
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The Third Estate developed conspiracy theories about the famine
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The National Assembly met to stop the spreading chaos on August 4th, 1789
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- Prearranged for several nobles to give up their feudal rights
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- Made all French Citizens equal
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- Abolished the ancien regime
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### == Establishing Equality ==
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On August 25th, the National Assembly published the Declaration of the Rights of Man
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- Based in part on earlier American documents
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- All men free and equal
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- Due process of law, innocent until proven guilty
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- Freedom of religion
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- Right to property
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### == Women Take Action ==
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Louis XVI hesitated to ratify the new changes
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October 5th, 1789 - 6000 armed women marched to Versailles demanding bread
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- They refused to leave until the king returned with them to Paris
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### == New Constitution, New Government ==
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Needed to fulfill the Tennis Court Oath
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Cosntitution of 1791
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- Limited monarchy
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- Could veto, but not halt legislation
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- Legislative Assembly with power
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- Make all laws
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- Collect taxes
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- Decide on issues of war and peace
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- Voting
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- Rights for tax-paying males over 25
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- Created 83 departments
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- Uniform courts, outlawed outdated punishment
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- Only propertied males may vote
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Olympe de Gougues outraged women were not included
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- Wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women
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### == Solving the Financial Crisis ==
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Much of the French debt was owed to the bourgeoisie
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- The national assembly (largely made of the bourgeoisie) worked to solve the financial crisis
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- One solution - take over and sell church lands
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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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- Bishops and priests became elected, salaried officials
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- Ended papal authority in France
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- Required clergy to take an oath
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- Many refused, people were forced to choose between religion and revolution
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### == Louis' Escape Attempt ==
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June 1791: the King and his family tried to flee Paris
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- Disguised as servants, made it as far as Varennes
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- Discovered when he was compared to French currency
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- Appeared to be a traitor
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- The constitutional monarchy would not last
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### == The French Plague ==
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Emigres: over 16000 aristocrats that left France
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- Spoke with other leaders about their harrowing lives in France
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- Caused other European monarchs to turn againt the French revolution
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- Feared it would spread to their lands
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- Anticipated escalating violence
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The Declaration of Pilnitz
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- Issued by Austria and Prussia
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- Claimed they would intervene to protect the monarchy if the other European powers agreed |