Changes in France from 1789 to 1815
The French Revolution was a chapter in French history during which the populace deposed the king and gained sovereignty of the government. Before the French Revolution, the French administration separated the French into social classes known as “Estates.” The clergy (ministers) were classified as the First Estate, the nobility as the Second Estate, and the common people as the Third Estate (Desan, 2012). The majority of persons were Third Estate citizens. The Third Estate paid […]