describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of Revolutionary protest in France (10 marks)
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the following are the main causes of the French Revolution for which led to the French Revolution :
-long years of War and extravagance of the king lead to financial crisis. this forced the king to increase the taxes paid by the third estate...
-the members of the first and second estates for exempted from paying taxes while the third estate people had to pay the various direct and indirect taxes..
-subsistence crisis widened the gap between the rich and the poor.
- the philosophers like John Locke , Rousseau and montesquieu inspired the people to realise their dreams of freedom,equal law and equal opportunities..
-the role played by the middle class..
-the main incident which led to the French revolution was the storming of the Bastille state prison due to severe winter and shortage of food .