HIST 153 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Sans-Culottes, Toleration, Code Of Law
12 Jan 2017
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(cid:1006)(cid:1004) the age of the french revolution, (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1012)(cid:1013)-(cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1005)5. Destruction of royal absolutism and drafting of the constitution. Financial crisis because they supported america against gb. Meeting of the estate general (not since 1614) - clergy, nobility and third estate(commoners) Third estate de(cid:272)lared itself natio(cid:374)al asse(cid:373)(cid:271)ly, (cid:271)ut the ki(cid:374)g did(cid:374)"t like the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d se(cid:374)t the(cid:373) too oath of the tennis court. There was a filling that king wants to attack its peasents, so they formed national guard and took bastille. Destroy the old regime and create a new political order. The creation of a new political society: eliminated noble and clerical priviliges, declaration of the rights of man and citizen (rights to liberty, property, equality, religious toleration, reorganization of the church. Second revolution transformed constitutional monarchy to a republic. Sans-culottes - militiant citizens, provided support to jacobins, didnr wear pants. Universal male suffrage - granting vote to all adult males. A campaign to rid the state of its internal enemies.
