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Explain the causes that led to the beginning of the French Revolution.​

Answer 1

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Although scholarly debate continues about the exact causes of the Revolution, the following reasons are commonly adduced: (1) the bourgeoisie resented its exclusion from political power and positions of honour; (2) the peasants were acutely aware of their situation and were less and less willing to support the anachronistic and burdensome feudal system; (3) the philosophes had been read more widely in France than anywhere else; (4) French participation in the American Revolution had driven the government to the brink of bankruptcy; (5) France was the most populous country in Europe, and crop failures in much of the country in 1788, coming on top of a long period of economic difficulties, compounded existing restlessness;

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Answer 2

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The growing popularity of the works of a number of intellectuals who argued for social reform

Crop failures in 1788 compounded existing economic restlessness

French participation in the American Revolution that drove the government to the brink of bankruptcy

Resentment among the bourgeoisie about being excluded from political power

The French monarchy, no longer seen as divinely ordained, was unable to adapt to the political and societal pressures being exerted on it

Widespread inequality between the rich and poor classes alongside growing dissatisfaction with the antiquated feudal system among the poor

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