 Citizens in the south were opposed to a centralised government , and to the decrees of its rule , which resulted in rebellion . Prior to the revolution France had been divided into provinces with local governments . In 1790 the government , the National Constituent Assembly , reorganised France into administrative departments in order to rebalance the uneven distribution of French wealth , which had been subject to feudalism under the monarchical Ancien Régime . 
 Citizens in the south <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> opposed to a centralised government , and to the decrees of its rule , which resulted in rebellion . Prior to the revolution France <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> been divided into provinces with local governments . In 1790 the government , the National Constituent Assembly , reorganised France into administrative departments in order to rebalance the uneven distribution of French wealth , which had been subject to feudalism under the monarchical Ancien Régime . 
Citizens in the south was opposed to a centralised government , and to the decrees of its rule , which resulted in rebellion . Prior to the revolution France done been divided into provinces wit local governments . In 1790 da government , the National Constituent Assembly , reorganised France into administrative departments in order to rebalance the uneven distribution of French wealth , which had been subject to feudalism under the monarchical Ancien Régime .