Mention any one factor responsible for french revolution
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the factors are:
Long years of war drained the treasure of the kingdom, their was a debt of 2 billion livres left for the new king Louis the 16
The king helped the 13 american colonies get freedom from their common enemy, the British which added another 1 billion to the debt
The lenders who gave the state credit charged 10% interest
The king had to pay the amount, maintain his kingdom, etc
The solution he saw for this was to increase the tax.
To make major changes he needed to discuss within the estate general
The Estate general consisted of 300 clergy, 300 nobility, 600 of the third estate
The third estate wanted one person one vote, but the king wanted to stick on to the old way one estate one vote
The third estate in anger stormed out and went to the tennis court, swore that they will not come out until they make a new constitution.
Meanwhile in the cities the food was scarce due to bad harvest. The women stormed into bakeries
At the same time the king send his army to the city
Rumor spread that the were to attack the citizens.
That day 14 July 1789 they stormed into the bastille and destroyed it
These were the events which lead to the french revolution