The Cultural Revolution
Brought About by the Convention
MIt was premised upon Enlightenment principles
of rationality.
MThe
metric system of weights and measures
§Was defined by the French
Academy of Sciences in 1791 and enforced in 1793.
§It replaced weights and
measures that had their origins in the Middle Ages.
MThe
abolition of slavery within France in 1791 and
throughout the French colonies in 1794.
MThe
Convention legalized divorce and enacted shared
inheritance laws [even for illegitimate offspring]
in an attempt to eradicate inequalities.