Legacies

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Legacies

• By Dano, DJ, Plaz

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Abstract Legacy of French Revolution

• Made people think about democracy
• Ideas about basis of power and authority changed
  permanently
• People rebelled against unfair governments.
• Old school ideas about government were discarded
• Principles of democracy were seen as a the best
  way for equality and justice to prevail for all
  people
• Challenged old economic patterns of taxation and
  property ownership
• They adopted more equal treatment for all
• Change the business as usual attitude leading
  to eventual change to democracy throughout

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Concrete Legacies FR (from Textbook)

• Conservative Reaction
• Decline in French power
• Further spread of Enlightenment Ideas
• Growth of nationalism
• Rise of International Organizations
• Haiti declared independence during conflict
  leading other colonies to do the same (Revolution
  in Latin America)

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Legacy of the Congress of Vienna

• About 40 years of peace in Europe
• Restored monarchs and conservative feelings
• Led path to the creation of the Holy Alliance and
  Concert of Europe later inspired United Nations
  after WWII
• Nationalism began to grow in Italy, Germany,
  Greece, and other areas the congress had put
  under foreign control leading to further
  conflicts
• Colonies took advantage of democratic feelings to
  declare independence