The French Revolution

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This paper discusses the French Revolution and the events that occurred before and after August 4, 1789. The paper shows that the civil constitution of the clergy in France made it impossible to separate the Church and State. It suggests that this separation did eventually happen at the end of the revolutionary government and discusses why this was so.

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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Analysis
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The revolution would not have been any less violent had the Civil Constitution of the Clergy not been created. The violence was raging prior to its creation, and it was only after the bishops refused to swear the oath of the decree that they were in harm's way. The provinces and the cities were compromised of different, not like minds, and, therefore, when those men who had remained quietly in the background and allowing Robespierre to manipulate the new government in the philosophies of Rousseau felt it was time to move to their power bases by ousting Robespierre, then the atmosphere that existed between the provinces and the cities were such that it could be accomplished without threat of revolt against the government."

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