Did The French Revolution Have A Negative Impact On Society

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The political evolution of countries has been brought by radical thinkers who developed ideas that often challenged the governmental structure and policies of their time. These ideas would eventually reach large numbers of people, and they would often highlight governmental issues present. Consequently, the masses would become dissatisfied with their current place in society and they would revolt. War, political turbulence, and shifting powers would mark these times. While they would sometimes have an overall positive effect on society, they so often had as much of a negative impact on society as they did a positive one. In Europe, the French Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848 had such great impacts on their countries and neighboring countries