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Chapter 5 the legacy of the revolutionary era  toc

Trace of the revolutionary era
-there are lots of traces that you can see but the most important traces of the era are traces that cannot easily be seen. -Two important ideas 1st-liberalism

Liberalism
-giving liberty and equality to people through constitution was one of the importnat achievements of the revolution -When Napoleon conquered Europe in the 1800s, constitutions were introduced into the states that cam under French control. Result of this, the idea of liberty and equality spread throughout Europe. -But after Napoleon had defeated, many of them got rid of constitution and used old way to rule their state. However, people still remembered the constitution and became liberals

Nationalism
-Another key idea was that France was a nation -France was not the personal property of King LouisXVI (it was a union of all 28 million French-speaking people) -During the revolutionatu wars, the French set up new nations in the lands they had conquered. -Later, poles gained their own nation when Napoleon created the Grand Duchy of Warsaw -In 1815, Politicians from the countries that defeated Napoleon met in Vienna and redraw the map of Europe -Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg became a single kingdom of the Netherlands.

Revolution
-liberals and nationalists started revolutions in 1820,1830 and 1848 -In 1830, revolutions broke out in six countries -In Netherland, the Gelgian people rose in revolt against the Dutch King william. -King william refuse to listen to complains -after people who did not like king william fight with Dutch, the belgians drove the Dutch out and proclaimed that Belgium was an independent country. -In 1848, the countries of Europe was shaken by revolution again -IN Austria, Hungarian people rebelled against Austrian authorities in Budapest -One young Hungarian drew up petition

Images of revolution
The revoltuinaries of the 19 century borrowed images ad well as ideas from the French revolution. -Image was created in 1792 -liberty was portrayed as a young woman -symbol of their freedom, the liberty cap became fashionable among Sans culottes in 1792 -In 1830(during the revolutions) she appeared again -she is holding the tricolour flag in one hand and a musket in the other -Most famous image of liberty is statue of liberty at the entrance of NewYork -gift to the united states from the French people to show the friendship between two republics -When Napoleon's body arrived, 100,000 people lined the streets in freezing weather -monuments built to honor his memory -the legend of Napoleon spread in many ways ->the bank of France issued 10 franc coins bearing his portrait

Legends and myths of revolution
- the most lasting legend was the Napoleonic legend -Before Napoleon die in exile, he encouraged his friends to write down everything he said -it was published after his death -In1840, the British government allowed his body to be taken from it grave

Summary:
Basically this chapter talks about trace of revolutionary era.(things you can see and thing that you can't see) the most important traces of the era are traces that cannot easily be seen.

Also, giving liberty and equality to people through constitution was one of the importnat achievements of the revolution When Napoleon conquered Europe in the 1800s, constitutions were introduced into the states that cam under French control. Result of this, the idea of liberty and equality spread throughout Europe. Lastly, it talks about why and how Napoleon was a legendary figure.

Questions:
1. Which place is famous for the traces of the revolutionary era? 2. How do people in France in present days think about liberalism? 3. Why did people draw so many pictures about liberty?

Fun!:
<__More about France liberalism!__> (While I was reading about liberalism, i wanted to know more about French Liberalism, so I search more about liberalism.) []

I looked at the image of liberty and found some more pictures about liberty.

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