Social Inequalities In French Revolution

The inequality of anyone’s life is discriminating, the link amongst majority and aristocrats throughout the French Revolution can attest to this kind of issue. The concept of “citizen” does not exist, all people are seen as subjects. Before the French Revolution, these “subjects” did not have rights or a mind to think on their own. Capability and dictatorship is used to govern these “subjects” lives, they were never allowed in the involvement of politics. Until the enlightenment in the eighteenth century, this was when the people of France started to see that change was essential. The French revolution transformed “subjects” into “citizens” by increasing literacy and the start of enlightenment that would give people the power and understanding that they are able to make a change to the French social order and switch it from democracy to equality.
In class we learned that below the monarchy, “subjects” that did not have any money or any role of authority were banned from participating in politics. The majority of the kings during this time did not need to have the support of his “subjects” to instrument rules that were suitable to him; the “subjects” stayed without a voice and ignored. Under the order of King Louis XVI, we learned that he was going to open a forum to the “subjects” of France in order to stake out their
thoughts. But, little did they know that they will still be ignored, some “subjects” left the forums because they still were not given the right to state their opinions. The “subjects” recognized that they deserve power too, but not solely over their own lives, but they shouldn’t have to be ruled over by the king who oppresses them.
The most amazing thing happened in United States, Europe, and most of all France which was the Enlightenment. This started what you can call an “intellectual” revolution that couldn’t have happened without the great philosophers during this time such as Rousseau, the writings were exposed to people al over and were obtainable by pamphlets. Because of this, there was an increase in literacy that accredited to the growth of these kind of enlightenment thoughts. For this matter, people were exposed to different ways of thinking about themselves as citizens. With the increase on educational fulfilment, people were able to have a mind of their own and gain the skill to protect their own rights. We as readers saw that at the beginning of the French Revolution, there was an awareness of the citizen that was oppressed, it was made known within these literacy pamphlets that promoted the enlightenment. This caused the “subjects” of France to rise towards the Aristocrats that was under the direction of King Louis XVI.
A social order modification of rule or authority went into effect, it reduced the rights to the monarchy and the elimination of tax exemption within the higher class.
The lives of everyday citizens were changed also by certain events of the revolution. But most of all, the empowerment that the “subjects” gained with the power of civic deeds and education. As long as these kind of enlightenment ideas continued, equality within the French population would soon begin. The termination of this monarchy provided individuals with the right over land that they work on and furthermore, gave them the right to enjoy freely within their literacy and
education.
The French Revolution caused the lives of French citizen’s improvement, they established the right to their own lives and were given a voice in society. The French Revolution also came at a large price, it wasn’t all positive. Many people started to get ahead of their selves through ideas about the society in France which caused the beginning of “The Terror.”(Rapport, 56) This is where a lot of people were slaughtered for going against democracy. The effect of the French Revolution can be shown as a lesson, to show to people that way they can avoid this kind of subjugation of citizens anywhere in the world. It had a great effect because it created this enlightenment and showed how important an individual can be in society. Showing that silence is not the only way to be and the power of the “citizen” is most significant in strategy and change.