Question

The effects of french revolution on the life of common people

Answer 1

two lasting effects of the Revolution in the collective modern French psyche:

1. Their penchant for demonstrations to express their disagreement or displeasure with government actions. It’s as if they think, it worked in 1789, it should work today it affected the common people of French very much.

2. Their unshaken belief (never explicitly stated, but always present “between the lines”) that just as in Louis XIV’s time (long before the Revolution) the government is hiding its riches from the people, and the people need to reclaim their due.