When the French Revolutionaries Attacked Aristocratic Privilege, They Were

When the French revolutionaries attacked aristocratic privilege, they were

A) complaining about economic monopolies granted to the king's friends.
B) trying to replace a society based on ascribed status with one based on achieved status.
C) trying to abolish religious conformity and political absolutism.
D) arguing in favor of active government to attack the problems of poverty and ignorance.
E) simply repeating Abraham Lincoln's point in the Gettysburg Address about human equality.