How Was The French Revolution Successful

The French Revolution was successful in its attempt to achieve the goals of France. The French revolutionists worked to gain more power for the Third Estate, make a law to limit the power of the upper class’ choices and to make the upper and lower classes more equal. During the beginning of the French revolution the upper class had most of the authority even though their power was limited. The French Revolution achieved the goal of getting more power for the lower class, giving the Third Estate more control of France and gaining equal power for the upper and lower classes.

The French Revolution was successful in many ways. One way that the revolution was successful was when the Third Estate got more power. At the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 the commoners tied to accomplish their common goals together. The Third Estate was considered part of the lower class in France. The First and Second Estates were parts of the clergy and nobility. On July 14, 1789 many French commoners attacked France's largest prison. This event forced King Louis XVII to maintain control over the lower class. The Third Estate gained more power in the government. This showed the revolution’s success in gaining power and controlling the government.

The French Revolution was also successful in getting rights and freedom for the commoners.

The lower class got more rights and privileges that allowed them to control their decisions in the government. By 1792, France was a democratic republic. In 1790, the Constitution of the Clergy was passed by the Third Estate. This new law limited the power of the church. The constitution was introduced to limit the power of the monarchs their decisions in the government. The laws that were are a demonstration of the power they had gotten and the success of the French revolution in getting more rights and more freedoms for the lower

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Although the French Revolution was successful for getting more rights for the lower classes, it failed in its attempt to end the aristocracy. The French revolution also failed to provide equality and freedom for the commoners. In an attempt to scare the enemies of the revolution, the National Assembly sentenced 20,000-40,000 people to death. This attempt to protect the power of the National Assembly, essentially the revolutionists, created disorder and mistrust amongst the people in 1793 to 1794. The National Assembly was unable to provide liberty for the people of France. Many of the lower class was sentenced to the guillotine due to the critique of the government. This event was also a failure in the French revolution as the lower populace of France did not experience freedom and equality after their long-term suppression but were made to follow the lower class that held power. Their aspiration to create a country without class or hierarchy was a failure as only a minority of the lower class held total power of the rest of the country, including the lower class that still had not obtained power.