HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gender Equality, Continental System, The Revolutionaries
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Napoleonic france: after he overthrow the directory, first thi(cid:374)g he do is to co(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ue the revolutio(cid:374). (cid:894)" i a(cid:373) the revolutio(cid:374)! "(cid:895: first of all, he made a lot of administrative changes, create new territorial departments from 83 to 130 because of his conquest of. European territory: opened first bank of france. France always struggled with his finances even they may be richer than uk: took specific care to two classes of people. Look after the peasantry (ensure their rights, eliminating feudalism) For the first time they have the right to vote: the directory only allowed rich people to vote, only 35,000 people can vote in a. 28 million state: 3 particular objectives, liberte, the citizens in the second article declared: Free exchange of communication: these are fundamental right of every frenchmen, censorship, 1800 - declared himself first consul, 73 journals criticizing, the directory, the revolutionaries. Journalism who criticised napoleon, between 2 years, 60 of these offices were down: exiled.
