French Revolution Research Paper

The French Revolution:
Who benefited and who didn’t?
The French revolution was a period of history that marked the political and social upheaval in France from 1789 till 1799, it paved the way for the revolutionary change in the way France was governed and marked the decline of the powerful monarchies that were controlling France as well as the Catholic Church; the revolution is also known to have “ushered in the basic economy, social and political structure of capitalism” . A revolution, according to Samuel Huntington is a “rapid, fundamental, and violent domestic change in the dominant value and myths of a society, in its political institutions, social structure, leadership, and government activity and politics” and the French Revolution …show more content…
The first estate was compromised of the Clergy, the second estate was the French Nobility and the third estate which made up 97 percent of France’s population was divided into two groups, urban and rural, the Urban included the Bourgeoisie and the rural included free peasants who owned their own land. The Revolution revolved around the third estate, which is why the French revolution is sometimes referred to as the “Bourgeoisie Revolution” . There were many contributing factors which lead to the French revolution, such as poor management of the economy by the ruling monarchy, and the costs that were endured in fighting the seven years’ war contributed to this problem. The economic crises lead to the urban and rural resentment of the wealth and privilege enjoyed by the nobility and clergy, especially while the poor were …show more content…
In the 18th century the “leadership of the catholic church lost the battle for the hearts and minds of the majority of the French population”. Things worsened in 1793 with the imprisonment of priests and the destruction of monasteries, the goal at the time was to replace the Catholic Church all

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