HILD 2A Lecture 17: 17 The Young Republic
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French revolution: debt crisis and tension between the "three estates, 1789: revolution begins, societal transformations, tries to modernize france, along the principles of the enlightenment. Irishman, member of english parliament, commentator of revolutions: reflections on the revolution in france, mentions that the french revolution is uprooting their morality, open"s up a world-wide debate. Poland: constitution of may 3rd (1791, nobility owns the entirety of the land, general population have no rights, nobles have the right to pick the king. Attempted to make reforms and eventually got overtaken by neighboring nations. France sees this and forms a radical revolution. France and britain at war between 1793-1815: monarchy abolished in 1792, execution of louis xvi (jan 21st 1793) Ideological divisions and the emergence of political parties: political parties emerge, fueled by a partisan press. Federalists (aka: "hamiltonians": pro-british, advocated strong central government, democratic/jeffersonian republicans, formerly anti-federalists, for preeminence of individual states, pro-french (after rev. )
