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Constitutional monarchy; Reforming france Flashcards

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dissolution of guilds

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  • 1791; March. 2
  • Guilds: worker’s association that controlled certain industries

Abolished by Le Chapelier law

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When was the creation of Paris Sections

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  • 1790; May. 2
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civil constitution of the clergy (6)

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  • 1790; July 12th

Adapted the Catholic Church to framework that local government

Involved;

  • Each department formed one diocese
  • Only the role of bishops and priests existed
  • bishops and priest had to be elected via ballot
  • bishops had to be approved by state
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When was the guillotine used for all public executions

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  • 1792; March
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‘flight to Varennes’ (4)

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  • 1791; June 20th
  • Louis XVI tries to flee to Austria by disguising as Bourgeois
  • He is caught at Varennes and dragged back
    to completely silence
  • Everyone felt betrayed and turned their backs
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When was the reorganisation of the Judiciary?

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  • 1790; August 16th
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Le Chapier law?

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  • 1791; June 14th

Banned guilds
Declared strikes unlawful

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When was the final abolition of feudalism in France

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  • 1793; July 17th
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When was the new decree against refractory priests?

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  • 1792; May 27th

- if they didn’t take the oath then they were deported

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When did Louis XVI accept the constitution law?

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  • September 13th; 1791
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When was the decree against emigres?

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  • 1791; Nov.9
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How many new divisions were there by 1790

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  • 83
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What is a commune

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  • smallest administrative unit in France
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What were the National Constitution’s goals for a reformed France?

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system that is;

  • Decentralised
  • representative
  • treated people equally and with dignity
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Who were Laboureurs?

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  • Upper level peasantry that owner a plough

- hired labour to work on their land

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Who was an active citizen and what was the population in France?

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  • aged 25+
  • paid at least 3 days tax
  • enabled them to vote
  • could choose electors
  • 4.3 million men (just over 15%)
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What is the ‘Bien nationaux’

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  • nationalisation of church land; November 2nd, 1789
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Who were electors?

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  • paid around 10 days worth of tax
  • nominated deputies, judges and governing bodies
  • airing 50,000 of the population
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How many districts were in France by 1790

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  • 547
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How many sections was Paris split into?

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  • 48
21
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What factors were abolish as a result of reforming taxation?

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  • Indirect taxes; Aides, Gabelle
  • State monopoly on tobacco
  • old direct taxes; Taille, Vingitiemes, capitation, tax farming
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What is state monopoly

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  • where state has total control of what industries did

- could set whatever prices they wanted for their products and services

23
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What new direct taxes came into establishment and when?

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  • Jan 1791
  • Fonciere
  • Mobiliere
  • Pantente
24
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What was the contribution Fonciere?

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  • New land tax; no exemptions and privileges
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What was the ‘patente’?

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  • Tax on commercial profits
26
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Was was the contribution Mobiliere?

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  • Tax on movable goods

Eg grain

27
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What was the result of abolition of state monopoly

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  • Laissez-faire

- no interference in economic matters; trade free from state influence

28
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What was picketing?

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  • strikers trying to persuade other workers to join the strike
29
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What was the penal code?

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  • list of French laws and punishments for breaking those laws
30
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What were annates?

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  • payments by the church to the Pope
31
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What was a parlementaire?

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  • judge that had ruling position over one of the 13 parlements
32
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Who was Comte de Mirabeau?

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  • Nobleman that represented the 3rd estate in 1789 Estates-General
  • Exposed (through letters) for working secretly with the King to support Royal interests
33
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Who was Jacques Pierre Brissot?

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  • Leading figure of Girondin
  • Wanted to spread revolution globally
  • Called for war with French neighbours as a result
34
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Who were refactoring priests?

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  • Refused to take oath of loyalty and constitution
  • supported by Pope, other monarchs and the King
  • part of the counter-revolutionaries
35
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What was the Martial law?

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  • suspension of civil liberties in order to restore public order
36
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Who were counter revolutionaries supported by?

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  • King
  • Pope
  • other monarchs
37
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Who were the Montagnards

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  • sit on the highest benches in the National constitution

- William Ropespeare as leader

38
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Who were the Sans Coulottes

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  • everyday workers (peasants)
  • involved in journees
  • laws affected them the most
39
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When was nationalisation of church property?

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  • 1789; Nov. 2
40
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Oath of loyalty in the church

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  • Those in favour of Civil Constitution took the oath
  • 7 bishops and 55% of the clergy took it in France
  • pope condemned it; led to many withdrawing the oath
  • those who didn’t take the oath were; non-juring church of refractory priests
41
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What were the people’s reaction to the Civil constitution of the Clergy

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  • felt NC was trying to affect their beliefs when they deported bishops
  • saw it as desacralisation of the church and beliefs
42
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Significance of ‘Flight to Varennes’

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  • King announced a declaration, publicly renouncing the Revolution
  • Support for a Republic started to grow
  • led to 30,000 people supporting the dismissal of the King in petition of the cordelier office
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Result of the flight to Varennes

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  • 16th July King is suspended
  • 290 abstained in the vote to suspend: many wanted him dethroned
  • many states to support the Cordeliers and some Jacobins joined
  • Most of the Jacobins separated to form Feuillants
44
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When did Louis accept the constitution

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Sept 1791

45
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What did the assembly look like at 1791

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Jacobins: 136

Le Marais: 354

Feuillants: 264

46
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Cordeliers club

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Made by bourgeois

Included;
Danton
Herbert
Marat

Very populous; support from the people

French Revolution (8 decks)

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