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How Did The French Revolution Affect Society

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To begin, the French revolution was politically significant because they threw away the monarchy, and they took off King Louis XVI. This revolution was viewed as socially because after the revolution ended the offices. And, economically the government changed many new rules, so the society could stay with peace. France grew strong together as a nation. The French Revolution was divided into three estates. The First estate general was the clergy. It had 100,000 members from the catholic church. This estate believed in God, religion, and the afterlife. This estate was also wealthy, and never had to taxes and they had privileges. Next, the second estate was the nobility, it had 400,000 members they had the ability to collect taxes. They were also wealthy, and didn’t have to pay any taxes either. Second estate didn’t want to change anything from France unless it’s about gaining more political power. The last estate is the third one, it was the lowest class. It made up 98% of the people. It didn’t have much representation in the government. They also didn’t have much influence from voting. They worked hard but didn’t get payed much. This group didn’t have much wealth, but …show more content…

In New York, people were protesting the poor and wealthy people and how they lived in different worlds and they are treated differently by other people, and the way the corporations use their money. The workers who are the working class and the middle class lost their jobs, and houses because the bankers and the brokers were lacking, and they were paying more from their income taxes. The occupy movement was the new third estate because both group claimed they were representing majority of the people the third estate was part of the 97% and the occupy movement was part of the 99%. They both feel liked the government failed on how to operate correctly. Both movement brought attention to the problem that was

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