HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Olympe De Gouges, The The, The Elected
1 Nov 2017
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Creating a constitutional monarchy: king would remain central, while real power lay in the legislative branch, elected for two year terms, indirect voting, to be a political citizen, to vote, enough money or property to pay taxes. Changing the tax system to tax the wealthy more: political rights not extended to women. Olympe de gouges (1748-1793: writes an article looking for the rights of women, killed in the revolution. Land regions were divided into the departements with their own courts and legal systems. No longer bound by guilds or classes, free trade. Attack the church"s property, getting fat off the labour and food of the peasants: assembly nationalized church property, the clergy becomes, essentially, civil servants, schism in french society re this decision. Consequences of nationalizing church property and subordinating the catholic clergy to civil authority: solved the government"s nancial problems, thousands of french citizens gained a vested interest in the success of the.
