It also protected all men from the government revoking your land and random arrests and punishments. ... The Assembly justified their actions by saying the Church never really owned the property because it belonged to the government(Kaiser). ... After the King had agreed to this Prussia and Austria made a declaration that persuaded France to believe there would be an invasion. ... The threat from Austria and Prussia influenced many of the King's advisors to believe that an invasion was coming. Prussia and Austria really didn't care about France though. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In 1795, he saved the revolutionary government by dispersing an insurgent mob in Paris. ... He defeated four Austrian generals in succession, each at impossible odds, and forced Austria and it's allies to make peace. ... In Paris, he joined a conspiracy against the government. ... In 1800, he assured his power by crossing the Alps and defeating the Austrians at Marengo. ... Two years after this Russia and Austria joined the British in a second coalition. ...

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History 185 Test #2 04-01-03 The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the era that paved the way for the creation of our modern day governments and societies, was an era of political and social revolutions. ... Louis XVI was unable to collect the revenues necessary to maintain the French Government and pay off its war debts. ... The final stage of the French Revolution occurred when the bourgeois failed at government and their republic floundered. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During this time in Europe and especially in France, state-making the emergence of nationalism and the increase in secular political institutions transformed the European continent. Napoleon Bonaparte helped to overthrow the Directory, which held power from 1794-1799, and he helped transform France into an empire. The French revolution was the beginning of the end to the Monarchy and absolute rule. The revolution came about for a number of reasons. The economic conditions in the previous two decades, the growing discourse with the social privileges of the few fueled what many say was inev...

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• Grade Level: High School