HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: French Revolution, Bourgeoisie, Great Fear
1 Nov 2017
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The french revolution, part 1, origins and beginning. French revolution has enlightenment ideas permeated throughout. Political legitimacy through: constitutional government, elections, and legislative supremacy. Limited monarchy (was wanted at the beginning: equality. Civil rights: denying the claims of privileged groups, localities, or religions to special treatment and requiring the equality of all citizens before the law, fraternity. All citizens regardless of social class, region or religion share a common fate in society. Sovereignty of the people expressed through the idea of the nation . You should defend france against those who do not share. Why did it start: not because peasants are hungry, financial crisis: the french government (king) is bankrupt from ghting the british for the last century. Looking for money to keep his government a oat. Ancestral absolutism (nobles don"t get involved in politics, so they don"t pay taxes, had them stay with him at versailles where he could keep an eye on them)
