HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Radical Action, Mercantilism, Montesquieu
5 Dec 2020
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Making the modern state, from napoleon to c. 1850. Modern states shape society in many ways, from schooling and health care to infrastructure. As you have learned in the course on early modern history, western-european rulers were increasingly active in improving the power of their states, for example by mercantilist policies. The french revolution accelerated this development, leading to an enormous increase in the state"s capacity and interventions. In france, and in territories occupied by the french, the nobility and clergy lost many of their judiciary and governing functions, as well as their role in the care for education and poor relief. Most of these functions were gradually taken over by the state a tremendous transition, which obviously did not proceed smoothly. It was a cumulative process: citizens started to look to the state, rather than to local lords or the church, for providing schools, railways, and health care, and slowly, states started to meet these demands.
