MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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nobles
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relatives of the King
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members of the Third Estate
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The émigrés were those who fled the revolution, either for security, safety or to organise counter-revolution. There were more than 100, 000 émigrés between 1789 and 1794. 2. Only a small proportion of émigrés were nobles, in fact, most belonged to the Third Estate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fear counter-revolutionaries, people were paranoid about going back to a monarchy. Why do you suppose France’s neighbors (other European countries) were afraid of the French Revolution? Because they thought revolutions would happen in their country as well. What did The Constitution of 1795 set up?
Detailed explanation-3: -Not only did it put an end to the feudal system, disband a kingdom and its monarchy, and establish civil laws and fairer representation of all peoples under governance, it also served to unify and strengthen France as a country and a people.
Detailed explanation-4: -The people of France were unhappy with how the country was being run by King Louis XVI, especially the costly involvement in the American Civil War and extravagant spending at home. The removal of King Louis XVI from power began an extremely violent and tumultuous period of the revolution where fear and paranoia ruled.