Question

What were two major long-term effects of the French Revolution? Put one short term effect and one long-term effect.

Keep the answer short and in one paragraph (5 sentences.)

Answer 1

The French Revolution overthrew the Bourbon monarchy and abolished feudal privileges. Short-term, it produced radical political turmoil—the Reign of Terror—and paved the way for Napoleon’s seizure of power. Long-term, it spread nationalist and liberal ideas across Europe. Those ideas undermined aristocratic privilege and promoted legal equality and representative government. The revolution’s reforms (later codified in the Napoleonic Code) and its nationalist legacy reshaped European law and helped create modern nation-states.