Social Classes During The French Revolution

During the French Revolution in 1700s, people of France were separated into three social classes or what’s better known as, the estates ("French Revolution.." 1-3) . The first of the three estates was the clergy. The clergy was divided by a higher class and a lower class. The first clergy was formed by the Catholic Church. There then was a second estate, who was made up of rich nobles. These nobles got a lot of privileges that the lower class didn’t. For example they had party’s in the castle in which they had a feast of plenty of meats and side foods and a lot of bread. But theses first two estates were not reality. About 97 percent of the citizens were members of the third estate. This estate was also made up into three groups the bourgeoisie, …show more content…
This created the legislative branch in which they had the ability to create laws this was louis tries to escape. The event Factions split France basically happened because the old problem that they tried to get rid of reappeared into reality. Radicals wanted extreme change in the government ("List of 10 Major Events of the French Revolution"). These events were small compared to France at war. This war was intended to destroy Paris. A lot of damage happened to the people in France. Nobles and priest died during this time period. A lot of people involved in this time period and in the government, were apart the Jacobin club. Near 1793Robespierre governed France and tried to make change and this was known as the Reign of Terror. Another huge event was when Napoleon Bonaparte was born he was also a very important person. He joined the army of a new government. He became the Hero of the hour on October 1795, were he greeted a lot of royalist. Napoleon also helped conquer Europe. The battle of Trafalgar was the one big battle that Napoleon lost. There were four governments during this 10 year time period. They national assembly which was made up of the by the third