Question

IV. Long Answer Type Questions.
Discuss the political, economic and social causes of the French Revolution.
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Answer 1

AnswEr :-

$\boxed {\textsf {Political Causes :-}}$

↦ The administrative machinery had become extremely corrupt.

↦ Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ruled like aristocrats.

$\boxed {\textsf {Economic Causes :-}}$

↦ The luxurious lifestyle of the rules and the upper classes had emptied the state treasury.

↦ The entire burden of taxation fell on the 3rd estate.

$\boxed {\textsf {Social Causes :-}}$

↦ While the 1st and 2nd estates enjoyed their rights, the 3rd estate was deprived of their privileges.

↦ There was widespread inequality.