MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The unfair social class system, known as Estates, was abolished.
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All people in France were granted the right to vote, regardless of gender, race or class.
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The monarchy returned in an event known as the Restoration.
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Napoleon was elected by the people to become president.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The representation was not proportional to the population of each estate. The third estate represented over 98 per cent of the population, but the other two estates could outvote them because of the disproportional representation.
Detailed explanation-2: -It ended the monarchy in France and established democracy. It also caused other countries to declare war on France. Additionally, it led to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon was a military general who became Emperor of France.
Detailed explanation-3: -The National Constituent Assembly, acting on the night of 4 August 1789, announced, “The National Assembly abolishes the feudal system entirely.” It abolished both the seigneurial rights of the Second Estate (the nobility) and the tithes gathered by the First Estate (the Catholic clergy).
Detailed explanation-4: -Excessive, inefficient, unfair It was inefficient because many taxes were collected by a network of private contractors dubbed ‘tax farmers’, a system that encouraged graft, corruption and tax avoidance. It was unfair because the bulk of the nation’s direct taxation was levied on the Third Estate.