USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -émigré, any of the Frenchmen, at first mostly aristocrats, who fled France in the years following the French Revolution of 1789. From their places of exile in other countries, many émigrés plotted against the Revolutionary government, seeking foreign help in their goal of restoring the old regime.

Detailed explanation-2: -They looted the hoarded grain. They also burnt down documents containing records of manorial dues. As a result, a larger number of nobles fled from their home towns and migrated to neighbouring countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the French Revolution, French aristocrats fled the extraordinary and prolonged violence in their country and came to the wilderness of present day Bradford County, Pennsylvania. These political refugees began settling into the “Azilum” in 1793.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the French Revolution, more than 100, 000 individuals, predominantly supporters of the Old Regime, fled France. As a result, some areas experienced a significant change in the composition of the local elites whereas in others the pre-revolutionary social structure remained virtually intact.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nobility and titles of nobility were abolished in 1848 during the French Revolution of 1848, but hereditary titles were restored in 1852 by decree of the emperor Napoleon III.