... to be put into action for they lacked a driving passion and force behind them. The middle class's frustration over the antiquated class distinctions that dictated society led to diplomatic rebellion, and when a deadlock occurred in the National Assembly, the violent demonstrations favored by the starving and struggling peasant and urban poor help to keep the momentum of the movement going, thus the actions of the middle class play off of one another, combining to set in motion a chain of events only to end with the glorious French Revolution. "The Enlightenment was the belief that men would live with greater happiness and dignity if their social institutions were determined by what was considered reasonable or scientific rather than regulated by prescription" (Norman Hampson 195). This Enlightenment, or belief, challenged many of the traditional aspects of French society, rejected the ideas of religious persecution, and assumed many natural rights ...

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