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   (i) Which groups of French society benefitted from the revolution? (ii) Which groups were forced to relinquish power? (iii) Which sections of society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution?     

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                  (i) All the groups which formed the third estate were benefitted from the revolution. These groups included workers, businessmen, merchants, court officials, lawyers, teachers and doctors etc. (ii) The classes which formed the privileged sections of society like the nobility, clergy and aristocracy were forced to relinquish their executive powers. (iii) Naturally, the privileged classes, viz, the clergy and the nobles would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution because their privileges were taken away from them.