Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0625 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Metric System, the Revolutionary Calendar, and De-Christianization
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The idea
The metric system, the anchor says, was the Revolution's most successful and lasting change. The calendar restarted at Year One on September twenty-second, seventeen ninety-two, with ten-day weeks. Crosses came down, churches became temples of reason, and Robespierre installed a supreme being.
In practice
Kings disinterred; Notre Dame stripped.
Where people slip
The course names one month, Thermidor; the anchor's other mappings are slips.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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