The French Revolution had far-reaching consequences, both within France and across Europe:
By the late 1780s, France was a pressure cooker of systemic inequality. The social structure, divided into Three Estates, was fundamentally broken. The First (Clergy) and Second (Nobility) Estates enjoyed vast landholdings and tax exemptions, while the Third Estate—comprising 98% of the population, from wealthy lawyers to starving peasants—bore the entire fiscal burden of the state. aice european history french revolution
Led by Maximilien Robespierre, this radical faction believed that "the Republic of Virtue" could only be achieved through the "Terror." The French Revolution had far-reaching consequences
The French Revolution had far-reaching consequences, both within France and across Europe:
By the late 1780s, France was a pressure cooker of systemic inequality. The social structure, divided into Three Estates, was fundamentally broken. The First (Clergy) and Second (Nobility) Estates enjoyed vast landholdings and tax exemptions, while the Third Estate—comprising 98% of the population, from wealthy lawyers to starving peasants—bore the entire fiscal burden of the state.
Led by Maximilien Robespierre, this radical faction believed that "the Republic of Virtue" could only be achieved through the "Terror."
