History (Ch1)

Describe the painting

By Frederic Sorrieu

In 1848

Name: The Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republics- The pact between nations

What is a nation (Ernst Renan)

A long past

A common past

Solidarity

Daily Plebiscite

Changes by French Revolutionaries

La Partie (the fatherland) and le citoyen (the citizen)

Tricolour flag

Estate general—> National Assembly

New hymns

Centralised Administrative : Formulated uniform laws for all

Interns custom duties abolished + uniform system of weights and measures adopted

French as common language

Civic Code of 1804

Better Transport and Communication

Equality before law

Right to property

Abolished Feudalism

Introduced Uniform weights and measures

Less number of currency

No guild restrictions

Abolishment of Serfdom and manorial dues

Drawbacks of Napoleon rule

Lack of political freedom

Increased taxation

Forced conscription into the French armies

Censorship

Utopia

A vision of an ideal society which is unlikely to exist