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=Awesome Part=

Picture of Liberty (It's from the text book) She is holding a club with which she has killed the many-headed monster of 'despotism'. In her other hand she holds a 'liberty cap.'

Picture of a revolution (It's from the text book) Picture I drew of Liberty.

=Notes= - Measure of meter, weight a kilogram or pour out a liter, and you are using weights and measures invented by the revolutionaries in 1795. - Two sets of ideas were especially important. - The first is known as liberalism.
 * Traces of the revolutionary era**

- The idea of giving people liberty and equality through a constitution was one of the important achievements of the revolution. - In 1815, however, after the had defeated Napoleon, the old rulers of Europe took back their thrones. - Millions of Europeans became 'liberals', believing in the ideas of liberty and equality, and wanting a constitution giving them rights.
 * Liberalism**

- France was not the personal property of King Louis XVI: it was a union of all 28 million French-speaking people. - During the Revolutionary wars, the French set up new nations in the lands they had conquered. - Millions of Germans became citizens of new nations when Napoleon forced 300 German rulers to unite into just thirty states. - Many people thus found out what it was like to live int heir own nation, and to be ruled according to a constitution. - This came to an end in 1815. - Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg became a single Kingdom of the Netherlands. - Many European nations started revolutions to change the way they were ruled.
 * Nationalism**

- Liberals and nationalists started revolutions in 1820, 1830, and 848. - In 1830, revolutions broke out in six countries. - In the Netherlands, the Belgian people rose in revolt against the Dutch King William. - Their country had been taken over by the Dutch in 1815 and they did not like the way he had governed them since then. - King William, however, refused to listen to such complaints. - After much bloodshed, the Belgians drove the Dutch out and proclaimed that Belgium was an independent country. - The countries of Europe were shaken by revolutions again in 1848.
 * Revolution**

- The revolutionaries of the nineteenth century borrowed images as well as ideas from the French Revolution. - The image of Liberty was created in 1792. - The revolutionaries who overthrew the king took it as the symbol of the new Republic. - She is holding a club with which she has killed the many-headed monster of 'despotism'. In her other hand she holds a 'liberty cap.' - Marianne, as the figure of Liberty was named, appeared in countless pictures, statues and models throughout the French Revolution. - Marianne leading revolutionaries over a barricade in a Paris street.
 * Images of revolution**

- The era of revolution created many myths and legends. - In 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the British government allowed his body to be taken from its grave on St Helena for re-burial in France.
 * Legends and myths of revolution**

=== Why was Marianne the figure of Liberty? ===
 * Question**


 * Summary**

The revolutionaries of the nineteenth century borrowed images as well as ideas from the French Revolution. The image of Liberty was created in 1792. The revolutionaries who overthrew the king took it as the symbol of the new Republic. She is holding a club with which she has killed the many-headed monster of despotism'. In her other hand she holds a 'liberty cap.' Marianne, as the figure of Liberty was named, appeared in countless pictures, statues and models throughout the French Revolution. Marianne leading revolutionaries over a barricade in a Paris street.