Industrial Revolution Impact on the French Revolution

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The French Revolution was influenced by previous events. The idea of treating everyone equally was a cutting-edge view in the eighteenth century. Also novel was the notion that people in the lower social stratum should obtain access to commodities previously reserved for only the upper class. This cultural change for the majority of the populace, focused on promoting the ownership of manufactured goods, also impacted the French Revolution. The industrial change, however, had a longer impact that extended beyond the French Revolution itself. The ramification the industrial revolution had on the French Revolution was minuscule, to the point it was not really noticeable.
The Industrial Revolution brought with it an increase in population and urbanization, as well as new social classes, but France stayed the same after the 18th century. Both revolutions occurred in the later eighteenth century and subverted an existing monarchial government as well as creating ripe conditions for constitutionalism and deep patriotism. They both changed many peoples lives and lead to better life for many. They both changed the world in many different ways for the better and helped the world become a better place. There are different causes from political to religious, economic to social. Any revolution affects those in society, and creates changes for the people in the society.
Prior to the industrial revolution, there were three main social classes in the general public. The top class included the pope, the priests, other members of the church, the king or other monarch ruler, the noblemen, and other people with money. The middle class included those with less money who were sometimes treated more like people of the lower class because they had to ...

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... the lower class lived and how they improved their lifestyle, just by actions brought on by thoughts occurring in the brains of the upper class nobles. This all lead up to the fact that an industrial revolution influenced a political revolution.

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