Before the Revolution, French society was based on inequality. Since the middle ages, France's population was divided.

Roman Despite controlling most of the wealth, neither the clergy nor the nobles had to pay.

The price of consumer goods increased and they had little money.

Without breeches

Had about 300 representatives

The wife of Louis XVI

The Council of Elders accepted or rejected proposed Laws, and electors chose members of both houses.

In 1799 the successful and popular general NApoleon Bonaparte toppled the Directory in a coup d' etat

The cleary, the nobility, and the commoners

Happen during the French Revolution

He expanded the French Empire across all Europe

Figures like Maximilien Robespierre headed it

The committee's influence waned after the fall of Robespierre in July 1794.

In theory, it was a republic, but in fact, Napoleon held absolute power.

A new era was born when the French people decided that they were the nation.

The code was significant for its clear and accessible laws which was equality before the law..etc

Believed that religion was crucial to keep order in society.

Held that people should be free from government restraint.

Aiming to restore monarchies that had been overthrown during the French Revolution and Napoleon Wars.