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A series of laws were passed by the British Parliament to authorise the process, which led to a concentration of land ownership.
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This revolution started in Great Britain and it transformed the agrarian-based economy od the Ancien Régime into a predominantly industrial economy. The canges in production systems involved a new form of economic organisation and led to a profound social tranformation.
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In 1764 he was asked to repair a Newcomen steam engine. While repairing the machine, he realised that it was inefficient because of the amount of steam it wasted, so he started to look for ways to improve it. He therefore created a much more efficient machine, which became the driving force behind industry and transport.
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The meeting was chaired by the king and made up of representatives of the nobility, clergy and the Third Estate.
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The Third Estate went to a pavillion in Versailles and proclaimed themselves the National Assembly of France. They promised to draft a constitution.
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Driven by the moderate bourgeoisie, who aspired to abolish the Ancien Régime, elect a parliament by selective suffrage and establish a constitution.
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The Third Estate stormed the Bastile.
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Abolishment of feudalism by approving the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which recognised the rights, individual freedoms and equality of all citizens in law and taxation.
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From Paris markets, thousands of angry women, marched to Versailles. They forced the king to abandon his palace and move to the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
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It was based on the separation of powers, national sovereignty and legal equality, though the king reserved the right of veto.
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The radical bourgeoisie, encouraged by the working classes, proclaimed the Republic and began a transformation into a democratic and equal society with universal male suffrage and social laws.
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The Girondins, the more moderate, bourgeoisie, controlled the Republic. A new assembly, the National Convention, was elected by universal male suffrage.
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The Jacobins, the most radical sector of the bourgeoisie, endorsed the demands of the popular sectors and seized powers. A new constitution that recognised popular sovereignty and the right of social to social equality was enacted.
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Imposition of the Reign of Terror, executions under the Law of suspects
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Despite the radicalisation of the French Revolution, the moderate bourgeoisie took power and implemented a new moderate liberalism.
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He and Trevithick used a steam engine to generate continuous motion of wheels.
