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Notes on video lecture:
1789-91: Making the New Nation
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on December 25, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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1789-1791: attempts by the National Assembly to              the new France
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National Assembly
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May 1789, deptuties chosen to be the representatives of the three estates
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National Assembly is made up for these three                had come together to be the National Assembly
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those who could not work with this body had                  and left
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charged with implementing the revolutionary principles of          monarchy
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regenerate a new France on very different principles
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blueprint
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1. absolute monarchy -->                              monarchy
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2. divine right -->                sovereignty
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3. hierarchy of birth --> merit and             
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demonstrated capacity rather than the claims of birth
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4. partial abolition of                   
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two immediate problems
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1.                    power
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the Declaration of Rights of Man Citizen had claimed that all sovereignty resided in the             
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the law was to be the expression of the general will
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what did "all                 " actually mean?
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who should actually participate?
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what should the role of the          be?
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the king had originally called the Estates General together to advise him
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a few months later he is expected to behave as a constitutional monarchy
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various sections of the population are                 
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women
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men who don't own sufficient                  on which a certain level of taxes is paid
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distinction between active and passive citizens
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active citizens were about 60% of adult men
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Louis XVI will be given a                      veto
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a veto by which a law is merely suspended until reconsidered by the legislature and becomes a law if                  by an ordinary majority
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2. bankruptcy
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Louis XVI had called the Estates General together to              him on dealing with the fiscal crisis
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this crisis had not          away
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seized church property
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6% sold off at               
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used as the backing for a new revolutionary currency called the "assignat"
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this property was called "biens nationaux"
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on the bill was a picture of Louis XVI, "King of the             "
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no longer Louis the XVI "King of France" by the grace of God
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an enormous gulf for that man to cross in his understanding of his own         
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institutional arrangements of          century France
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large differences in taxes, particularly on         
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internal custom houses as well as external ones
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differences in terms of weights and measures across the country
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law
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customary law of the north
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written law of the south
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           different provincial law codes
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privileged orders, clergy and nobility had their own systems of law
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language
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Breton, Catalan,             , and many other dialects
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France in the 18th century bears the imprint of centuries of state making
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land that is divided in terms of regions
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national assembly's goal
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rationalize and make simpler and more efficient the        of France
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create      departments of roughly the same size, 100 kilometers in diameter on average
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each with a capital
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still the basis of administrative life           
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in every one department
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one single set of administrative arrangements
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                   in every department
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taxation and the law will be the same in every one
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custom houses will be rolled back to the                 
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uniform laws, rights and responsibilities
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equal citizens of a new order
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legal system
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abolished all privilege arrangements for privileged orders
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                         reforms
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outlawed torture
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jury trials
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justices of the peace
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looked to the Netherlands and               
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replaced old                        courts
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debate on capital punishment
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kept for a handful of the most serious crimes such as treason
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one way to put someone to death: the guillotine
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the most painless way of                        someone
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first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille
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Champ-de-        , July 14, 1790
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where Eiffel Tower is today
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turned into large, flat space
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suitable for celebrating this event
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seems as those every Parisian turns up to                   
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Alter of the Homeland
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Louis XVI takes         
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Talleyrand reads               
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Lafayette, head of National Guard
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celebrated, united for the future
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played out across the kingdom
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alters of the homeland
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almost all have                       
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one left, in                     
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oaths of 1790

Ideas and Concepts:

From the 18th century demotions department, via tonight's History of the French Revolution class: "Louis XVI had called the Estates General together to advise him on dealing with the fiscal crisis, and in a few months, by a surprise turn of events, the National Assembly was in power. Nevertheless, the original financial crisis had not gone away, and so they subsequently seized church property ("biens nationaux"), selling 6% off at auction to use as backing for a new revolutionary currency called the Assignat. Notice this bill has a picture of Louis XVI on it with his new title "King of the French", i.e. no longer Louis the XVI "King of France" by the grace of God, an enormous gulf for one man to cross in his understanding of his own role."
An Introduction to the French Revolution
The Essentials of 18th Century France
18th Century French Clergy and Nobility
The Importance of Regionalism and Locality in 18th Century France
The Contribution of the Philosophes to the French Revolution
What were People of 18th Century France Reading?
The Atlantic Democratic Revolution and the Republic of Letters
1780s France Financial Crisis and its Repercussions
The Third Estate in Revolt
The Peasantry in Revolt
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The October Days
1789-91: Making the New Nation
Unresolved Issues of the Revolution
The Turning Point in Church Reform