The Impacts of French Revolution on France:
a. Destruction of Angine Regime
1. Political Impact ~ Absolute Monarchy abolished
~ Sun King changed to be Citizen King è people can fired out him
~ Set up the democratic republic
# It showed that the absolute monarchy abolished
2. Social Impact ~ Broken down of Feudalism:
Europe-wide anti-feudal movement & end to all feudal privileges, laws, institutions
~ Aristocracy Changed---Abolished the rights & privilege
>right of jurisdiction >monopoly of high office in army
>feudal dues & services
>right to disposed freely of common lands & bequeath
~ Church & States Changed---the attempt at the Separation of them
>A precedent for the ultimate divorce of religion from polities
> Not only in France, but also in other countries as well
~ Bourgeoisie Changed---Growth of them
>Hold the basic legal & political rights (gained)
~ Peasant Changed---removal all the unfair rules
>Removal from the soil of burden of tithe & seigneurial obligations
>Able to benefit from the sale of farmlands
>Resistance to enclosure >Resistance the appropriation of common lands
>Retaining some of the collective rights
>Protection of the old rural community
# It showed that the = broken down of Feudalism,
= the right & privileges of Aristocracy had been stripped off
= the Bourgeoisie & peasant no need to platform the feudal obligations
= Bourgeoisie rose up & growth up
3. Economic Impact ~ The uprooting of feudal survivals
> The removal of impediments to trade & industry
> The freeing of the soil from seigneurial dues, tolls & jurisdiction would
> Promote & stimulate the growth of bourgeoisie society
~ In France
> The middle classes that gained the greatest benefits from the Revolution
~ In Napoleon
> Did nothing to change this pattern
~ The revolution completed the process of serf emancipation in France
~ Created peasant proprietors & rent-paying tenants
b. Development of Democracy
1. Ideological Impact ~ They didnˇ¦t run the Democracy exactly
~ Democracy principle
> that is the constitution
> It was not in fact put into practice
> But the concept of popular government had been declared acceptable
~ The destroy of aristocratic privilege
~ To extend the franchise to all men property
@ Limitation -- Although proclaiming the common Right of man
-- They had no intention of sharing political authority with the ˇ§lower orderˇ¨ or the ˇ§Fourth Estateˇ¨
-- The attempt to establish democratic government of their public affairs
èChaos & disorganization followed of a republic
~ The idea of Democracy & republic was not in the minds of the men
> Their demands were for the abolition of privilege & for a better administration
> No one dreamed at that time of dethroning the King
~ Republican sentiment was largely limited
~ The French people from preaching the gospel of Liberty, Equality & Fraternity to other people
~ Although Napoleon did not pay democracy into practice
> He presented the democratic idea
> Opened the way for the struggle for democratic principles
è They scattered the seeds of liberty over Europe also
c. Development of Nationalism
1. The French people:
~ They were proud of their achievements of French
~ They were determined to protect what they had achieved
2. The growth of national feeling
3. The French demonstrated what people inspired by national idea
> The idea of one-ness, can achieve
4. From 1792 to 1815 the idea of nationalism & national patriotism was either carried into other countries by the French Revolution
> Because of Napoleon victory è spread out the patriotism and control the countries hardly
> A defense or against reaction in Germany, Spain and other countries
d. The Revolutionary Armies
1. Made the impacts of military advancement
> A new type of army had begun to appear in France
> The latest weapons & trained in the principles of mobile & offensive warfare
2. The attempts of the revolutionary armies after 1792
> Liberate the rest of Europe by force heightened their fears
> Ultimately stiffened their will to resist any change in the old order
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