State any five causes of the empty treasure of France under Louis XVI.
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Five causes for the empty treasury of France under Louis XVI are:
(i) Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France.
(ii) High cost of maintenance of immense palace of Versailles and court.
(iii) Under Louis XVI France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain independence.
(iv) War added to a debt.
(v) Lenders began to barge high interest on loans.
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Five causes for the empty treasury of France under Louis XVI are :
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French Revolution
1787–1799
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French Revolution, also called Revolution of 1789, revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789—hence the conventional term “Revolution of 1789,” denoting the end of the ancien régime in France and serving also to distinguish that event from the later French revolutions of 1830 and 1848.
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The execution of Louis XVI in 1793.
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DATE
1787 - 1799
LOCATION
France
PARTICIPANTS
Bourgeoisie
Montagnard
Peasant
Philosophe
Sansculotte
CAUSES
The growing popularity of the works of a number of intellectuals who argued for social reform
Crop failures in 1788 compounded existing economic restlessness
French participation in the American Revolution that drove the government to the brink of bankruptcy
Resentment among the bourgeoisie about being excluded from political power
The French monarchy, no longer seen as divinely ordained, was unable to adapt to the political and societal pressures being exerted on it
Widespread inequality between the rich and poor classes alongside growing dissatisfaction with the antiquated feudal system among the poor