Politics Flashcards
In the last 500 years, three types of regime
MONARCHY
EMPIRE
REPUBLIC
First Capetian of France
Hugues in 987
Last King
Louis-Philippe 1848
ARTICLE 1 of French Constitution
France shall be an indivisible, secular, democratic and social Republic.
wanted to be a « normal » president
Hollande
When where the two empires
Napoleon I (1804-1815) and Napoleon III (1852-1870)
Years of the first republic
1792-1804
Years of the second republic
1848-1852
Years of the third republic
1870-1940
Years of the fourth republic
1946-1958
Years of the fifth republic
1958-now
French national emblem
blue, white and red tricolour flag.
French national anthem
La Marseillaise
French maxim
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”.
French principle
government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Explain the colors of the french flag
Blue and Red for Paris /// White for the Monarchy
French MOTTO
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY
Explain Liberty, equality and fraternity
Liberty : as the right for each individual to distinguish him/herself
Equality : distinction between individuals must be limited
Fraternity : a feeling of mutual affection
The French are nominal egalitarians and real individualists
- The French are nominal egalitarians and real individualists
Events of the first republic
- Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789
- Abolition of aristocratic privileges
Events of the second republic
- Abolition of slavery in the colonies 1848
- 11 hour workday
Events of the third republic
- Free and obligatory primary school 1871
- 10 hour work day
- Separation of church and state 1905
- 2nd week of paid vacation 1936
- 40 hour work week
Women got their right to vote in
1944
Events of the fourth republic
- Right to vote for women 1944
- Social Security
- Minimum wage
