MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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It taxed the bourgeoisie
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It made peasants and nobles equal
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It adopted “A Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”
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It took away the Catholic Church’s lands and independence
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Detailed explanation-1: -why did the national assembly lose the support of many French peasants? It made peasants and noblemen equals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the National Assembly lose the support of many French peasants? It taxed the bourgeoisie.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did the National Assembly lose the support of many French peasants? It took away the Catholic Church’s lands and independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -The National Assembly was created amidst the turmoil of the Estates-General that Louis XVI called in 1789 to deal with the looming economic crisis in France. Unfortunately, the three estates could not decide how to vote during the Estates-General and the meeting failed.
Detailed explanation-5: -The peasant population was concerned over the Enlightenment philosophy of controlling the church. The peasants believed the pope should rule over the church independently. From this point forward the peasants opposed the assembly’s reforms.