Conservatism and Liberalism in the French Revolution

‘“As modern political doctrines, both conservatism and liberalism were born in the French Revolution.” Discuss.’ Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor was the legacy left behind by Robin Hood, it can also be said that it is the legacy o the French Revolution also. From 1789-1799 France underwent her largest change. Under the old regime a network of royal families, their friends and the clergy governed France. The ‘middle’ class of French …

…whether or not Liberalism was born in the French Revolution and my conclusion is that it wasn’t. It was already a state of mind, and that the French Revolution acted only as a catalyst. I have also debated the point that Conservatism was born in the Revolution. It was because of the Revolution that the ‘conservatives’ had to define themselves, justify their beliefs and gather a following. They were no longer known as “them”.