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Social Hierarchy

History There were three class or estates during the early 18th century. The first estate were composed of the minister/priest of the Church. The second estate included nobleman and the third estate was divided in to three smaller groups: the bourgeoisie, urban artisans and peasants. The bourgeoisie were wealthy but not as much as nobles. The people in the third estate had lack of power and their voice was almost never heard in the government. After the Marriage of Louis XVI, political and social system was a chaos. The social class had extravagant gaps between the noble and the poor. King Louis XVI required a plethora of tax because French debt was unbelievable enormous after participating with different wars like the American Revolution. Nobles had party and festivals arranged by the King frequently while the poor were pugnacious for bread. Stores were bankrupted, violence toward food increased. Viewing these barbaric scenes, the parliament forced the king to call the estate generals, the representatives from the each three estates. So the estates generals meet on May 5th 1789 for the first time after 1614 at Versailles. The parliament wanted to a reform in the social and political system. In the national assembly, the third estates voiced up and spoke to make changes with the enlightenment thoughts.

Estate-General Meeting

Effects The French revolution caused a dramatic change in the modern society. It shifted the history’s course and encourages a lot of different countries to put their enlightenment thoughts in to action. Different countries like Great Britain, Prussia, Spain, and the Russian empire and more went through and as involved in the bloody battlefield. Also the french revolution expressed the french army’s talent and their merit. The french revolution was reformed in republicanism from the monarch and this impressed different European countries. Europe

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