Question

describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in france

Answer 1

I) Louis XVI who was an absolute monarch, was pleasure loving

and extravagant. His wife interfered with the administration. He

drove France long years of war which drained the financial

resources of France.

ii) The French society was divided into three estates the clergy,

nobles and peasants and only the members of the third estate paid

taxes.

iii) The French people had no share in decision making.

Administration was corrupt, disorganized and inefficient.

IV) The Economic bankruptcy of the French Government. The

defective system of tax collection and oppression created

discontentment.

v) The emergence of political philosophers like Voltaire,

Rousseau, and Montesquieu etc. inspired the French people.

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