The revolution’s aim was the replacement of these traditional forms of government with new political and social systems all founded on equality (Tocqueville, 1955). The main success of the revolution the as he saw it was the suppression of the political organizations that were commonly referred to as the feudal that had so much influenced the European Nations for centuries. He continues to argue that it was not to change the tradition of the French people and what they believed in. He argues in t he Old Regime and the French Revolution (Tocqueville, 1955) the revolution was never intended to create anarchy or cause problems to the religious groups. In his works, Tocqueville gives his views on the French revolution and its effects on social conditions on individuals and countries in the west. Tocqueville was a French political analyzer and long-time historian who has written many books on historical and political subjects including “Democracy in America” and The Old Regime and the Revolution. Its main purpose was to increase the powers and the authority of the central government and not to destroy the freedom of the church or to cause lasting anarchy. It was an era of political and social anarchy involving radical changes in the existence of France. The French Revolution took place between the years 17. Tocqueville’s argument in the French Revolution
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