Negative Effects Of The French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period that covered ten years of France’s history in the eighteenth century. It was a huge modernization of France where the Old Regime was ended. The liberal phase of the French Revolution spanned over the years 1789 to 1793. It was intended to enhance the power of the Third Estate, but the movement greatly impacted the nobles. Due to these new reforms, the nobles were negatively affected because they lost most of their power due to the formation of the National Assembly, and also to the publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and the Constitution of 1791. The revolution stemmed from the aggravation of the third estate, or commoners, who were suffering under the feudal system of France.

The main purpose of this document was to create a constitutional monarchy. It contained 18 main points that highlighted Enlightenment ideals and focused on the equality of all men, white males in particular. It also mainly focused on the topics of civil equality and unjust privilege in French society. Most importantly, this document made wealth, not legal privilege, blood line or birthright, the new foundation of modern France. The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen made things worse for the nobles. This put them on the defensive as all their rights were directly affected by one statement: “Men are born and remain free and equal in

Many of the decrees limited the power of the King, which Royalists did not go along with. Many members of the Third Estate got angry at the King, which forced him to try to escape from France with his family. Unfortunately, the escape did not work. King Louis XVI and his family were carried back to Paris by force. Along with the relocation of the National Assembly, Paris became the new center for the revolution.
Not only did these reforms affect the nobles, but they also affected the status of the clergy in France. The reformation of the church took away all the land owned by the church, and also forced clergy members to swear an out to the revolution. To add to all of this, the National Constituent Assembly wrote a new constitution in