Question

The declaration of the rights or men made all French citizens equal before the law. How did this equality contrast with the way of the old regime

Answer 1

Prior to the French Revolution France was an absolute monarchy in which a system existed known as the Estates System. The Estates were: Nobility, Clergy, and peasents. The estate to which a person belonged determined his rights and obligations and it was normal for a person to remain in a estate for the whole life