"Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite!" was the underlying theme of one of the most important uprisings against a government in history, the French Revolution. Although the revolutionary period was very brief, lasting only from 1789 to 1815, many important events took place. The French Revolution was one of the bloodiest revolutions in history, and it was responsible for taking the lives of thousands of Frenchmen. What was the reason of all this carnage and the loss of many lives by the guillotine and what were the effects? The answer is a complicated one. The French revolution was caused by the thousands of French citizens who were being oppressed by the Old Regime class system, the establishment of the National Assembly from the Third Estate, and it resulted in the execution of thousands of nobles, including Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette.

During the French revolutionary period, there were three social classes...