Government, one of the greatest concepts of humanity since learning to live together in community. Government was designed to give order and represent the people in their pursuit of happiness. When a government functions well, the majority of its citizens are satisfied with what it does, but what happens when the government fails to meet the basic needs of its citizens? When the current government fails, a new government cries out to the people. In many countries, change is accomplished through revolution. In France, the National Assembly cried out for revolution against its oppressive king and the Ancien Régime. They wanted to improve human rights. They wanted an improved economy and religious reform like the American Revolution. This is an argument that the French Revolution failed. Before the revolution, life in France still respected feudal rights. The monarch, nobles and clergy lived at the expense of the people. It was a very dark time for the peasants, with no light in sight. The great mass of peasants became impoverished and lived in famine. Crime was the way of life for the peasants as food resources began to become scarce. Before the revolution, the emergence of a middle class began to develop. This new class would be the leading force of the revolution in France. After the French Revolution, the French Revolution failed to establish representative government or a constitutional monarchy. Before the revolution, France was initially an absolute monarchy. They completely abolished the monarchy by cutting off the heads of the king and queen and resulted in Napoleon Bonaparte. The French Revolution gave the people a taste of freedom, equality and power, but it was short-lived. Middle of paper ......ed to church, but the National Assembly classified it as a religious act aimed at helping a better society. The new French government created a new constitutional Church. She was allowed to continue working under government suspicion due to her past dealings with the Ancien Régime. It was only with Napoleon that the Catholic Church regained its former glory. If we look at the history of the French Ancien Régime, a change had to happen. Unfortunately, the French did wrong, because the French Revolution failed. The French did not need a revolution, but reforms. Human rights, the economy and religion all suffered from the revolution. Until Napoleon Bonaparte, France was in revolutionary chaos without any direction. This had lasting effects on this country still present more than 200 years later..