Revolutionary France was a period of great turmoil and change that unfolded over two decades starting in the late 1780’s. Brought on by many culminating factors, the French revolution altered the lives of all social classes. Clinging to the old regime, the nobility and monarchy continued to live lavish lifestyles while their subjects starved. The rising class of professionals whose wealth nearly matched that of the nobles continued to be taxed at the same rates as the peasants, making them question the power of the existing system. Not to be forgotten, the peasants were the most zealous of this period as they starved under an oblivious monarchy the pushed for change. With the encouragement of enlightenment the third estate, made up by both
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The changes made were reflected in every class, leaving nobody’s life untouched
Prior to the revolution, those with noble status lived out of touch, extravagant lifestyles. While they held parties and hemorrhaged money on gratuitous luxuries, the rapidly growing population starved due to out of control inflation that made buying staples like bread astronomically expensive. This all changed after the uprising of the lower classes, which included the storming of the Bastille, and the creation of the National Assembly. After these events, Nobles left the country in droves leaving behind their positions of power and military posts. Many with the privileges that came with their titles wanted to stay around to face a Third Estate controlled government. The lack of support from the nobles of the Second Estate allowed the revolutionaries to force the King Louis XVI to concede to their demands. The Royal family was forced to move out of the opulent Versailles palace into Tuileries Palace in Paris where they could easily be controlled. Everybody held the monarchy in complete disregard and …show more content…
The lives of the people of France were also greatly affected, with some, the Bourgeoisie, benefiting greatly from the change in government. Others, though, did not benefit for the change, like the nobility, who were driven out of the country, and the peasants, who fought hard for change and came up empty handed. An era that started out with so much promise for social reforms left many feeling disappointed and other moving up in their social
The changes made were reflected in every class, leaving nobody’s life untouched
Prior to the revolution, those with noble status lived out of touch, extravagant lifestyles. While they held parties and hemorrhaged money on gratuitous luxuries, the rapidly growing population starved due to out of control inflation that made buying staples like bread astronomically expensive. This all changed after the uprising of the lower classes, which included the storming of the Bastille, and the creation of the National Assembly. After these events, Nobles left the country in droves leaving behind their positions of power and military posts. Many with the privileges that came with their titles wanted to stay around to face a Third Estate controlled government. The lack of support from the nobles of the Second Estate allowed the revolutionaries to force the King Louis XVI to concede to their demands. The Royal family was forced to move out of the opulent Versailles palace into Tuileries Palace in Paris where they could easily be controlled. Everybody held the monarchy in complete disregard and …show more content…
The lives of the people of France were also greatly affected, with some, the Bourgeoisie, benefiting greatly from the change in government. Others, though, did not benefit for the change, like the nobility, who were driven out of the country, and the peasants, who fought hard for change and came up empty handed. An era that started out with so much promise for social reforms left many feeling disappointed and other moving up in their social