AP European History / Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century
5.5 The French Revolution's Effects
Notes
The revolution spread ideas of nationalism and liberty, inspired the Haitian Revolution, ended feudal privileges in France, and created mass conscription (levée en masse). Conservatives (Edmund Burke) warned against radical change. Olympe de Gouges demanded rights for women.
Practice
Edmund Burke criticized the French Revolution for:
Conservatism.
The levée en masse was:
Nation in arms.
Olympe de Gouges wrote:
Women's rights.
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