CM Social Reforms 1789-91 Flashcards
1
Q
When were the August Decrees, what were their aims?
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- 4th-5th August 1789
- Abolished venality and privilige
2
Q
What were master and mistress replaced with?
A
‘Citoyen’ or ‘citoyenne’
3
Q
How were opportunities for social mobility introduced?
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- State charities provided for the poor
- More public education
- Removal of barriers barring way to high office
4
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Religious toleration
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- Protestants, and eventually Jews, recognised as citizens
5
Q
How did the DoRoMaC fail to create a free and equal France?
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- Quite literally not everybody was equal
- 1791; Olympe de Gouges wrote DoRoWoman and the female citizen
6
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How were workers oppressed?
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- Decreed they had to carry a livret (record of employment) around
7
Q
What was ‘Le Chaplier law’?
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- June 1791
- Freedom of association limited
- Workers forbidden from conducting strikes or even forming trade unions to protect themselves
8
Q
Why was France not free and equal socially?
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- Bourgeoisie became richer and privilege now based on wealth and education rather than on birth right
- Divisions of gender, wealth and office replaced birth
