HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tennis Court, Tennis Court Oath, Great Fear
5 Oct 2017
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A far more wrenching event at the end of the 18th century was the french revolution. Outbreak in 1789, revolution touched and transformed social values and political systems in france, France conquered much of western europe, with its arms and ideals, while generating some opposition at home and abroad. More than american colonists, the french revolutionaries were profoundly influenced by the. Like american counterparts, the first french revolutionaries advocated individual liberty. Political legitimacy through: constitutional government, elections, and legislative supremacy. They demanded civil equality for all: civil rights, denying the claims of privileged groups, localities, or religions to special treatment and requiring the equality of all citizens before the law. All citizens regardless of social class, region or religion shared a common fate in society. Sovereignty of the people expressed through the idea of the nation". Thus, like the americans, the french helped develop the ideology of civic nationalism.
