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France: Ancien Régime to Napoleon c.1715-1815

Society, economy and the balance sheet of the period

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Continental System and cost of the wars to France in manpower.

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Assess how far French society changed between 1715 and 1815.

Key term

What were the assignats?

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Who gained most from the land settlement of the Revolution?

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  1. 1

    What happened to Church land after 1789?

    Model answer

    It was nationalised and sold as biens nationaux, largely to the bourgeoisie and to substantial peasants.

  2. 2

    What were the assignats?

    Model answer

    Paper money issued against the value of confiscated Church land, which lost almost all its value through over-issue.

  3. 3

    Who gained most from the land settlement of the Revolution?

    Model answer

    The bourgeoisie and the wealthier peasantry, who could afford to buy; the landless gained little.

  4. 4

    Who were the émigrés, and what happened to their property?

    Model answer

    Nobles and clergy who fled the Revolution; their estates were confiscated and sold, and Napoleon later allowed many to return without restoring the land.

  5. 5

    How did the Revolution change peasant obligations?

    Model answer

    Personal dues and the tithe went in 1789 and the remaining seigneurial dues without compensation in 1793, so peasants who owned land kept far more of what they produced.

  6. 6

    What was the Continental System, and what was its aim?

    Model answer

    Napoleon's blockade from 1806 closing European ports to British trade, intended to ruin Britain economically.

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