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 CLASS 10 : - HISTORY IMPORTANT NOTES

CHAPTER - 01 : THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE IDEA OF THE NATION - The main aim of the French revolutionaries was to create a sense of collective identity amongst the French people.

*end of monarchy and establishment of a Republic.

*Equal rights under constitution and Uniform Law.

*Ideas of La patrie and Le citoyen,

*former royal Flag was replaced by the New French tricolour Flag.

*Estates General was renamed National Assembly

*French became the common language, *new hymens,

*martyrs oaths taken.

*Centralized administration system

*internal tax customs duties and dues were abolished

*Uniform system of weights and measures were introduced

The French Revolution of 1789 was the first clear expression of nationalism.

NAPOLEON AND CIVIL CODE OF 1804 - NAPOLEAN-

*Ruled France from 1799 to 1815, in 1804 Napoleon become Emperor of France

*Civil Code of 1804 / Napoleonic Code

*Equality before the law was established

*Secured the Right To Property

*Simplified administrative measures and Tax

*Abolished feudal system and birth based privileges

*Freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues

*Guild restrictions were removed

*Transport and communication systems were improved.

*National Currency.

THE ARISTOCRACY

Socially and politically aristocracy was the dominant class in Europe.

The members of this class were by a common way of life that cut across regional divisions.

Their families were often connected by ties it marriages.

This powerful aristocracy was, however,numerically a small group.