<Dd> ruled by virtue of their personal wealth, their patronage of the nobility, their disposal of ecclesiastical offices, their provincial governors (intendants), their control over the judges and magistrates, and their command of the Army . </Dd> <P> After the first year of revolution, this power had been stripped away . The king was a figurehead, the nobility had lost all their titles and most of their land, the Church lost its monasteries and farmlands, bishops, judges and magistrates were elected by the people, the army was almost helpless, with military power in the hands of the new revolutionary National Guard . The central elements of 1789 were the slogan "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" and "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen", which Lefebvre calls "the incarnation of the Revolution as a whole ." </P> <P> The long - term impact on France was profound, shaping politics, society, religion and ideas, and polarizing politics for more than a century . Historian François Aulard writes: </P> <Dl> <Dd> From the social point of view, the Revolution consisted in the suppression of what was called the feudal system, in the emancipation of the individual, in greater division of landed property, the abolition of the privileges of noble birth, the establishment of equality, the simplification of life...The French Revolution differed from other revolutions in being not merely national, for it aimed at benefiting all humanity ." </Dd> </Dl>

What was more important the french revolution or the industrial revolution