"This land is mine, this land is free, I'll do what I want but i do irresponsibly It's evolution, baby!" Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam "Do the Evolution", from the album Yield "The Whole world will be different soon." Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam "Brain of J," from the album Yield What does it mean to become modern? According to the Webster's Dictionary the appropriate definition of modern (for the purpose of this paper at least) is "…showed first 75 words of 330 total…

…showed last 75 words of 330 total…change in government, and in its social order. Finally this paper will explore the ramifications of these changes. Were these changes for the better of both countries, or were they for the worse? The Old Regime of France was much like any of the other European nations of the time. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the majority of Europe was an agrarian society. Similar to the other European nation, France was a Monarchy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**