HIST 1202H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Continental System, German-Occupied Europe, Maximilien Robespierre
8 Mar 2016
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The enlightenment (underlined are the ideas of the enlightenment) Embodied rights natural rights (freedom) government can not violate those rights. People concerned with real problems and how to solve them. Anti-clerical critically evaluate the bible before believing in the ideas, religion. Not a lot of censorship in france so the enlightenment leaders were able to send has to be pushed out of society letters and talk amongst themselves. France spends most of the 18th century in war, expensive process. Half of national income is spent on interest for the debt from war. Inefficient tax system, tax farming, some of the taxes never get to the government in the first place. Many of the wealthy people in france do not pay taxes, taxes relaying on peasants (feels feudalism is not working in their interest) Was not evil, just not up to the job. Spent his life in palaces and had no interaction with the peasants.
