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• One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in the summer of 1789 was the abolition of censorship
• In the Old Regime, all written material and cultural activities had to be approved by the censors of the king before being published or performed
• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed freedom of speech and expression to be a natural right
• Newspapers, pamphlets, books, and printed pictures flooded the towns of France after the abolition of censorship, describing and discussing the events and changes taking place in the country
• Freedom of the press allowed for opposing views of events to be expressed, with each side seeking to convince others of its position through print media
• Plays, songs, and festive processions attracted large numbers of people and helped them grasp and identify with ideas such as liberty or justice
• In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France and set out to conquer neighbouring European countries, dispossessing dynasties and creating kingdoms where he placed members of his family
• Napoleon introduced laws such as the protection of private property and a uniform system of weights and measures provided by the decimal system
• Initially seen as a liberator, Napoleon's armies eventually came to be viewed as invading forces and he was defeated at Waterloo in 1815
• The French Revolution's legacy included spreading ideas of liberty and democratic rights throughout Europe during the nineteenth century, leading to the abolition of feudal systems and inspiring movements for sovereign nation states
• Colonised peoples reworked the idea of freedom from bondage into their movements to create sovereign nation states, influenced by the French Revolution
• Individuals like Tipu Sultan and Rammohan Roy responded to the ideas coming from revolutionary France