Question

Economic and social disparity can lead to a revolution justify by giving example

Answer 1

A disparity in the economic or social status of citizens, if too wide, can lead to a revolution. An example can be seen in the French revolution where there was a very wide disparity between the status of the people in the first and second estate and those of the third estates. The people in the first and second estate were regarded as nobles, were exempt from taxes and owned the vast resources of France including the land. The people in the third estate were peasants and the middle class people who were not regarded as nobles, owned very little and were subjected to heavy taxation. This led to high levels of frustration among the peasants, especially when food shortage was high and this is what sparked the  French revolution.

Answer 2

Economic and social disparity can lead to a revolution. A good example could be the French Revolution.

The Economic and Social disparity were the most important causes of the French Revolution.

Economic and Social Disparity in France : The French society was divided into three classes- the clergy which formed the First Estate, The nobility which formed the Second Estate and the common people which formed the Third Estate. The First and the Second Estate formed just two percent of french population but controlled more than 90% land and wealth. They did not pay any tax to the king and enjoyed a luxurious life.

One the other hand common people formed 98% french population and had only 2% of total land and wealth. They also had to pay a number of taxes and lived a miserable life. They were being socially discriminated. So the Third Estate turned against the this system and finally they succeeded in overthrowing the absolute monarchical system and bought the revolution in France.