Mention the factors in detail that led to the French revolution.
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Causes of the French Revolution
1. International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state.
2. Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.
3. The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in Montequieu’s Spirit of the Laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in Rousseau’s Social Contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the Literary Underground of “Grub Street;” the broadening influence of public opinion.
4. Social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie
5. Ineffective ruler: Louis XVI
6. Economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.
Answer:
10 Major Causes of the French Revolution
#1 Social Inequality in France due to the Estates System. ...
#2 Tax Burden on the Third Estate. ...
#3 The Rise of the Bourgeoisie. ...
#4 Ideas put forward by Enlightenment philosophers. ...
#5 Financial Crisis caused due to Costly Wars. ...
#7 The Rise in the Cost of Bread.