HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Maximilien Robespierre, Tyrant, French Revolutionary Army
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1789, 26th of august, the declaration of the rights of man was set in place: read as if it was written by a philosoph; the law is the power of the general will. Essentially, what we value today: heavily influenced by montesquieu and rousseau and indirectly by john locke. The lands of the church were to be confiscated; the second of november. The national assembly continued to print more money than the value of the church lands. They reduced the value of the dollar and the effects of inflation made it worthless. Laws were passed and any form of working class revolt was illegal. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Confiscation of church lands split the nation in half. Constitution of 1791 turned france into a constitutional monarchy the middle class was put in place the separation of powers; the king represented the executive.
