MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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used violence to achieve its aims.
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did not grant women full equality.
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excluded clergy from leadership positions.
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brought the Church under control of the state.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Despite clerical support for the Revolution itself, this decree became the first in a series that targeted the Church in a way that soon cast doubt on the Revolution’s motives.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 13 April 1791, the Pope denounced the Constitution, resulting in a split in the French Catholic Church. Over fifty percent became abjuring priests ("jurors"), also known as “constitutional clergy", and nonjuring priests as “refractory clergy".
Detailed explanation-3: -Especially, the Peasants were forced to pay taxes to the church called Tithes. It included direct tax called Taille and other indirect tax which were imposed on the product of consumption like salt and tobacco. This resulted in worsening the condition of the people and became the reason for the French revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -This law definitively sealed the separation between Church and State. It abolished the Concordat of 1801 and put an end to the system of “recognised religions”. It was also the beginning of so-called French secularism, which proclaimed the freedom of conscience and guaranteed the freedom to practice religion.