Creating a New Society - AOS 2Analysing the challenges facing the merging new order, and the way in which attempts were made to create a new society, and evaluate the nature of the society created by the revolution.

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Prior events leading up to this point.....• June 20th - Tennis Court Oath

• June 23rd - Royal Session: King announces that the National Assembly was ‘illegal’ and that the estates shall meet separately unless eh permitted them to meet together.

• National Assembly refuses to disassemble

• 24th June - Soldiers sent to deny National Assembly entry to the meeting hall revolted against the king and joined the Assembly instead.

• June 25th - Many others joined the Assembly

• King crumbles and and agrees top let the estates meet in common and to vote by head. Now it seems that the people will have their say.

• King blames failure of compliance of the people on Neck and fires him.

• King sends troops to Paris

• Storming of the Bastille (14th July)

• 23rd of July - Murders of Bertier de Sauvigny and Foulon (intendant of Paris and King’s ministers)

• Night of the 4th August - What to do? How to move forward? Auction off rights. Noblemen rose to volunteer to forfeit their rights. i.e. hunting rights, tithes. Equal taxation agreed to.

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Now into the next stage of the Revolution......

How do you move forward from this point?

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The August Decrees 5 - 11th August 1789

Liberty, Equality and popular sovereignty were to replace old structure.

Power now in hands of National Assembly - Monarchy to remain, though not absolute

Original aims of National Assembly now met - no desire to revolt?

Robespierre “The Revolution is finished”

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Was everyone happy?

For the peasants? Were their aims met?

Harvest dues NOT abolishedtithes remain

impossible “payouts” required for land

Many peasants believed that feudalism had been abolished absolutely, but in fact many of the former seigneurial dues had to be redeemed or paid out. Other feudal taxes were to remain in place until the taxation system could be reformed. Many peasants stopped paying taxes from this time.

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Historians Views

Historians’ Views:

1) Class reading p 95-96 “Liberating France”

2) Class discussion - who were the sans-culottes?

Discussion:What is the opinion of Historian’s?Who were the Sans-Culottes?What significance to they have to the revolution?

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The National Constituent Assembly So far what has the National Assembly achieved? Is this what they aimed? Have they been successful?

Achievements (5th August 1789)

privileges removed

feudal dues abandoned

serfdom abolished

seigneurial dues abandoned

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What is the significance of a document such as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen? What does it symbolise?

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Like a Bill of Rights

Clear defined rights of all people not just the Clergy.

Ends the war on social class/divide?

Is the revolution over?

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Revolutionary Journée’s

What is a revolutionary Journée?1st revolutionary Journée was the storming of the

Bastille......We now move into the 2nd revolutionary Journée.....

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October Days (second revolutionary Journée)

Women’s march

Fundamental principles -October 1 1789

Doubts of King’s acceptance of the Revolution

Decree on Martial Law - MirabeauOctober 1:King no longer had absolute power. National Assembly became like a democratic law making body

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Reforms

Military Economic

*Judiciary simplified*Replacement of the

seigneurial court*Introduced juries for

criminal cases*Eliminated torture

*Rationality and equality main theme

*Open army to all people*Pay increase for common

soldiers*Tricolour flag - national

flag

*31st October 1790 all taxes abolished

*Introduced simple tariff on imports and exports*Attempts to introduce

uniform weights and measures

Law

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Le Chapelier Law 14 June 1791

NB Guilds ~ Practitioners of a given craft that determine the price of goods to sell, number released to sale etc. Basically had complete power over the distribution of

goods

The Le Chapelier Law abolished all associations of workman and employers (effectively banning trade unions and the right to strike)

This freed up the trade market - ‘economic liberalism’ (McPhee)

More supporting of employers over employees in the long run.

Le Chapelier Law:

What was the purpose of Le Chapelier Law?

Was it successful?

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