Question

of revolutionary protest
1. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest
in France.

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Answer 1

Circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France are:-

• French society in the eighteenth centuary  was divided into three estates      namely the clergy ,the nobles and the third estate . First two estates enjoyed privilages by birth and third estatehad to pay taxes.
• long years of war has drained the financial resources of France , the debt was more than 2 billion livres . for this the government increased taxes which angered the people.
• The population of France also increased from 23 million to 28 millionin 1789.Food grains were then in great demand.
• A  new middle class emerged as   educated  and wealthy during the eighteenth centuary . They believed that no group should be given privilages by birth but by merit.
• louis xiv called together an assembly of estates general to pass proposal for new taxes .Third estate  protested against  this proposal but as each estate has one vote , the king rejected this appeal.