French Revolution
Development
Subtopic
Subtopic
Legacy
The basis of Democracy
Bill of Rights
Popular sovereignty
Constitution
Equality before the law
division of powers
Political life
Parties
Press
Public Opinion
Capitalism
economic liberalisation
metric system
Freedom of trade and contract
Culture
Public education
secular
compulsory
state education
Cultural industrie
Museums
Division Churc - State
Laicism
Causes
Conjunctural
Social crisis
French participation in American War of Independence
Poverty
Hunger
Economic crisis
Rise of prices especially products of first necessity (bread)
poor harverst
High unemployeed
Technical and technological delay
traditional agrarian methods vs British takeoff
High Monarchy's expenditure
Miltary costs
Court luxury
Structural
Enlightenment thinking spread
Absolut Monarchy
A new social power - Burgueoisie wants to acces to the power
Commoners drowned by taxes, rents and laws (Fault of rights and feudal system)
minority privileged (clergy and nobility) resistence
Resist changes
Manteining their privileges
Abuse and use their power in their benefits above all in time crisis
The States-General
The only Institution really trained to aprove this reform
It was convocated in extraordinary ocassions
Where all social classes were represented
National Asembly