Question

Which groups of French society benefited from the revolution? Which groups were forced to relinquish power? Which sections of society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution?

Answer 1

The middle class, i.e. the wealthier members of the third estate, benefited the most from the French Revolution.

The clergy and the nobility were forced to relinquish power.

As it did not fulfill the promise of equality in full measure at the end of the revolution, the poorer sections of society and women would have been disappointed with the revolution’s outcome which were declared as passive citizens..