Why the French Revolution was so Revolutionary

Why the French Revolution was so revolutionary
The French Revolution was such a significant point in history because of the changes in the political, civil, and economic ideologies of liberalism as well as nationalism from the beliefs of the Ancien Regime. The Ancien Regime’s system of manorialism was replaced by liberalism’s ideas of equal rights and freedom of thought and speech. The governmental system of absolutism was replaced by a constitutional monarchy with direct representation for most classes. Adam Smith’s laissez-faire, or free trade economic system took the place of mercantilism. After the revolution a new sense of nationalism united citizens from all social groups.1
The French revolution replaced the Ancien Regime’s social system of manorialism with liberalism’s ideas of equal rights and freedoms. This ‘civil’ liberalism was the beginning of a whole new social system that marked a turning point in European history. It abolished the feudal serf s...