The August Decrees Flashcards
when was it
august 4th 1789
what did the AD and the DOTROMAC do
the August decrees and the declaration of the rights of man and citizen remade Europe and laid the foundations for the world for years to come
what did they create
These two documents brought an end to the 1000 years of feudalism. They created new ways of governing society fairly
when did the ancien regime end
The Ancien Regime effectively ended in August 1789. On this date, the new revolutionary government, soon to be known as the national constitutional assembly, abolished most of the central elements of the Ancien regime
what are the august decrees
in the August decrees, of which there are 19 articles of law, the moderate French revolutionaries abolished feudalism entirely, abolished the special privileges and rights of the aristocracy, abolished the tithes paid to the first estate