Question

How far was french society responsible for the drastic changes brought brought abot by revolution?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The French society before the revolution was divided into three estates. This system of government was found in other countries and it was known as FEUDALISM. The french system was known as ANCIEN REGIME. 

The Clergy were in the 1st estate.

The nobility were in the 2nd estate.

the workers,peasants and slaves were in the 3rd estate.

     

Problem number 1,

      by 1787 the french government was bankrupt. it was 4000 million livres in debt. France had spent  a lot of money fighting costly wars. the tax system was corrupt . in 1787 the king asked the nobility to help reform the tax system. As we know members of the 1st and 2nd estate didnt pay some taxes. king Louis XVI  wanted them to start paying some of them its not surprising that they refused.

 problem number 2,

king Louis XVI called the Estates General meeting for the first time since 1614 they meet at the Palace of Versailles. The king hoped the Estates General would approve new taxes. The nobles and clergy hoped for their continuation for their privileged lifestyles. The  third Estate used the meeting as a chance to tell the king what they thought was wrong with France and their lives they demanded improvements, when the king refused to listen members of the third estate when to a nearby tennis court and made an oath saying they would not move until the king had made improvements.

problem number 3,

 king Louis was a weak king he was a good man and wished to do good be had no knowledge or education on how to be a king. Marie Antoinette controled his weak mind she exhausted the governments finances.

other problems 

the storming of the Bastille  the Paris mob was angry because of lack of food from poor harvests so on 1789 the mob rioted and attacked they royal fortress called Bastille they saw it as a symbol that everything is wrong in France. 

during the night of June 20-21, 1791, Louis attempted to escape montmedy. on June 22nd Louis and his family was brought back to Paris