FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Enlightenment ideas
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Inspiration from the American Revolution
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Growing resentment among the 3rd Estate
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Sale of French lands (Louisiana Purchase) to the U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to the growing resentment among the lower classes, other factors contributed to the revolutionary mood in France. New ideas about government, serious economic problems, and weak and indecisive leadership all helped to gen-erate a desire for change.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three estates were the different classes in France at the time of the revolution, each representing a particular segment of society. The first estate was the clergy; the second estate, the nobility, and the third estate the commoners.
Detailed explanation-3: -Not only did it put an end to the feudal system, disband a kingdom and its monarchy, and establish civil laws and fairer representation of all peoples under governance, it also served to unify and strengthen France as a country and a people.
Detailed explanation-4: -It put an end to the French monarchy, feudalism, and took political power from the Catholic church. It brought new ideas to Europe including liberty and freedom for the commoner as well as the abolishment of slavery and the rights of women.