MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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reinstating the royal families dethroned by Napoleon
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.creating a balance of power among European nations.
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surrounding France with strong neighboring countries.
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calling the Estates General together to fix France’s tax problems.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Estates-General of 1789 ended in failure because the Third Estate (commoners) refused to accept the decision made by majority vote where the First Estate (aristocracy) and Second Estate (clergy) voted together to put the bulk of the taxation responsibilities on the shoulders of commoners.
Detailed explanation-2: -This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The work continued through the Hundred Days, and the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna was signed less than two weeks before Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo. The Congress reduced France to its 1789 borders and a new kingdom of Poland was established under Russian sovereignty.
Detailed explanation-4: -The causes of the French Revolution can be narrowed to five main factors: the Estate System, absolutism, Enlightenment ideas, food shortages, and the American Revolution. The Estate System placed people into groups based on birth and was known as the Ancien Regime.