10 Facts About Revolutionary France

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Revolutionary France's method was to require all deputies be approved by the Estates-General as a whole, instead of each Estate verifying its own members.

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However Revolutionary France had reached no consensus on the role of the Crown, and until this question was settled, it was impossible to create political institutions.

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Bloodshed did not end with the death of Robespierre; Southern Revolutionary France saw a wave of revenge killings, directed against alleged Jacobins, Republican officials and Protestants.

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Revolutionary France's focused on other aspects of the government, but was a feminist by virtue of the fact that she was a woman working to influence the world.

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Long-term impact on Revolutionary France was profound, shaping politics, society, religion and ideas, and polarising politics for more than a century.

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Two thirds of Revolutionary France was employed in agriculture, which was transformed by the Revolution.

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The conservative Catholic enemies of the Revolution came to power in Vichy Revolutionary France, and tried with little success to undo its heritage, but they kept it a republic.

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Revolutionary France permanently became a society of equals under the law.

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Revolutionary France promoted commerce and capitalism, paving the way for the ascent of the bourgeoisie and the rapid growth of manufacturing and mining.

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Revolutionary France argued the egalitarian values it introduced gave rise to a classless and co-operative model for society called "socialism", which found direct expression in the 1870 to 1871 Paris Commune.

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