Question

Causes of French revolution

Answer 1

The causes of the French Revolution can be attributed to several intertwining factors:

Cultural: The Enlightenment philosophy desacralized the authority of the monarchy and the Catholic Church, and promoted a new society based on reason instead of traditions.
Social: The emergence of an influential bourgeoisie which was formally part of the Third Estate (commoners) but had evolved into a caste with its own agenda and aspired to political equality with the clergy(First Estate) and the aristocracy (Second Estate).
Financial: France's debt, aggravated by French involvement in the American Revolution, led Louis XVI to implement new taxations and to reduce privileges.
Political: Louis XVI faced strong opposition from provincial parlements which were the spearheads of the privileged classes' resistance to royal reforms.
Economic: The deregulation of the grainmarket, advocated by liberal economists, resulted in an increase in bread prices. In periods of bad harvests, it would lead to food scarcity which would prompt the masses to revolt.

Answer 2

The landmark in the past of Europe and the world is known as the French Revolution.  

French Revolution led to the demise of the monarchy in France and the new method of government was organized.

CAUSES OF FRENCH REVOLUTION -

• Long years of wars had depleted the financial resources of France.

• With the war the cost of maintaining an extravagant court of the immense palace of Versailles.

• Beneath Louis XVI, France helped the thirteen American colonies to develop their independence from the general enemy, Britain.

• The war added more than a billion livers to a debt that had already risen to more than 2 billion livers.

• Lenders who gave the state credit, now begin to charge 10% interest on loans.