The Ancien Regime: The French Revolution

A democracy is a form of government that directs its priorities to the wellbeing of the people. It’s usually the more preferable form of government that people desire. Many countries were not originally democracies and others still aren’t. Many of them began as monarchies and the discriminating actions of certain monarchies would eventually cause people to protest. People will often revolt as a result of a repressive social society and that can lead to revolutions.
The French Revolution is a prime example of a country’s struggle to form a democratic government. France had an incredibly repressive social system called the Ancien Regime. The Ancien Regime was made up of three different estates and the people of France were set into those estates …show more content…
This estates was heavily burdened by the first and second estate having to pay for all of France’s taxes. Their wages were terribly scarce and they had to put all of the money they made into paying the taxes so, starvation was a common occurrence. This social persecution commenced the French Revolution and the events that transpired afterward had changed France permanently. “Throughout the Enlightenment, many philosophers such as Montesquieu and John Locke had started to recognize that an oppressive monarchy was not fair for the people” …show more content…
Many people were absolutely not in favor of their reign because of the unfairness of the social system and their harsh, careless attitude towards the people. The monarchs were young and ignorant about their roles as the leaders of France so, they used up their money irresponsibly by either partying or sending it to other nations for support. The imperative fact of the matter is that the money that they’re spending isn’t theirs. It’s the tax money that they’re taking away from the third estate and this is what starts to arouse protests against the monarchy. People of the bourgeoisie set up secret meetings like the National