<span>Political and economic crises can help candidates get elected if they present a stand that the majority of voters agree with and tell the voters what they want to hear. On the other hand, a political and economic crises can hinder a candidates chance for election if he opposes the majority opinion on major issues that the voters see as necessary or important.</span>
It was primarily the action of eliminating the monarchy that was <span>inspired by enlightenment ideals and the American revolution, since the French Revolution was ultimately about creating a democracy and removing the King and Queen from power. </span>
I would be hard to argue that the Renaissance even impacted everyone directly.
The best answer to this is that the Renaissance created a period of social and economic upheaval that changed people's lives. Change is not always good and people were uprooted and put into new situations as a result.
The commanding general and his troops were overly confident of victory and took foolhardy chances in battle.