MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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theywere conservative Catholics and disagreed with the state-controlled church
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theywanted church and state to be divided
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theyloved and supported their parish priests
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Its immediate cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax of 1380, which brought to a head the economic discontent that had been growing since the middle of the century. The rebellion drew support from several sources and included well-to-do artisans and villeins as well as the destitute.
Detailed explanation-2: -Peasants’ War, (1524–25) peasant uprising in Germany. Inspired by changes brought by the Reformation, peasants in western and southern Germany invoked divine law to demand agrarian rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did many peasants oppose the Revolution? The peasants lost everything under the revolution, including their lives and there was no reasoning for it at all. Therefore they opposed the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years’ War, and instability within the local leadership of London.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Fear (in French, Grande Peur) was a wave of peasant riots and violence that swept through France in July and August 1789. These riots were sparked by economic concerns, rural panic and the power of rumour.