HIST1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Big Questions, Sans-Culottes, Maximilien Robespierre
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Things were going well, but there was a land hunger (because of growing population) in france that the old regime couldn"t satisfy. The success of the revolution dependent heavily on the support of the peasant, especially in the first 3-4 years. To become something: the third estate did everything the nobility and upper classmen didn"t. French deficit went from 40 million to 120 million french pounds in. Half of everything they had was put into that debt, which made it difficult to raise taxes. Written by lafayette assisted by thomas jefferson. Abolishes futilism: the estates were dissipated, clergy men"s land was taken and clergy would be made servants of the state. This was something that the british glorious revolution was trying to do. Dissolved old army, tolls and other things during the first year and a half during the revolution. 1790: france is completely reorganized into different districts. Louis xvi is going along with all of this because he"s scared.
