Revolution and Rights Flashcards

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What is Enlightement

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1784

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The Bill of Rights

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1688

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“What is the Third Estate” - Sieyès

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1789

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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Aug 26, 1789

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Le Chapelier Law

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June 1791 - guilds/workers organizations and strikes illegal –> proclamation of free enterprise as the norm

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Assignats

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The assignats were issued after the confiscation of church properties in 1790 because the government was bankrupt. The government thought that the financial problems could be solved by printing certificates representing the value of church properties.

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Edmund Burke “Reflections on the Revolution in France”

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1790 - no man should judge his own cause

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Cordelier Club

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Political participation for commoners

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Constitution 1791

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France a pacifist nation

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Enclosure acts and its consequences

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General Enclosure Act 1801 - powerful landowners influence Parliament. “The abuses of the Industrial Revolution were standardized, institutionalized and carried to excess by government and the use of political means” - Wendy McElroy. Press-gangs

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La Feyette

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Hero of two worlds

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Aims of both revolutions

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American - Liberty - absolute freedom

French - equality - “freedom shall be defined by law”

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Abolition of slavery in FR

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1794 –> Napoleon returned it in 1802 but not on mainland

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National Convention and Terror

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Sept 1793
Girondins - “We must preserve the ideals of free speech and Liberty at all costs. Otherwise the French Revolution is not worth fighting for.”

Jacobins - “we must suspend free speech and Liberty so we can win the war. Otherwise, there will be nothing left to defend”

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Robespierre guillotined

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July 1794

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Stamp Act

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“No taxation without representation” 1765

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Townshend Acts

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Suppression of taxes at American ports - The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain

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Gordon Wood on the American Revolution

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It was more radical:
Destroyed arisocracy
Removed monarchy
Leveled social classes
Installed a meritocracy
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Intendant

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Sent in to the provinces to see if policies were enacted