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The Frech Revolution is the revolution which inspires a lot of people who are interested in such matters.

A lot revolutions which took place later are always looking back to this revolution. Even in the western countries a lot of people believe the French revolution has made a contribution to the democratic developments and western civilisation as we know it today.

But come first in the mood by enlarging the pictures below, and think of the slogans liberty,freedom and brotherhood.

Nowadays in France people are always remembered by the glorious day of 14 th july 1789. It looks like every respectable nation must have his own revolution. Here are some pieces of information. There was a king who had absolute power. The society was divided in all kinds of persons The Nobles , The Clergy , and Farmers(Third Estate). The so called the three estates or classes.There was a revolt and the king had to go, Hungry people were angry and everbody would be free and equal for the law. So far so good than suddenly there was terror, wars,emperor Napoleon and again kings, revolutions and again a republic of france.

So far so good all over Europe this pieces are remembered by a lot of people who went to school.But the reality was that before 1789 the society was not so clear divided. During the 18 th century the economic situation was moving upward and some people became rich and wanted to be a member of the nobility or the clergy therefore they bought offices from the crown which included membership of the Nobility.New industries were started through ......? people of noble origin.(they had the money to do so and could get the legal papers for starting a bussiness). The Nobility wanted to keep their standards of living, the ones who did not, became poor, there were a lot of families of noble origin which became poor.If you did something special you could be rewarded with a title by the king. And people made forgeries to show their noble origins.Literature and art which attacked the maladies of the society were spread in large sections of the higher echelons of society, and even the members of the court were well informed, A lot of high placed people would certainly reform French Society but most of them thought the royal house would fit in their schemes. If some reforms were started the most opposition came from people who did not want to give up their financial position and they were the ones who later wanted to start a republic by saying that the ordinary people would be better off. And the plans of the Crown would not enlighten their situation.