Successes and Failures of the French Revolution

1. Sucessess

1.1. Much of the church land that had been seized by the government ended up in the possession of peasants

1.2. Declaration of the Rights of Man

1.3. Constitution of 1791

1.4. Gave the citizens a brief feeling of equality and power

1.5. System of Taxation was revised

2. Failures

2.1. Led to the rise of Napoleon

2.2. The Reign of Terror from 1793-1794 which resulted in loss of life

2.3. Failed to establish a constitutional monarchy or representative government