Question

what are the economic causes of french revolution

Answer 1

Estates General was summoned to decide the financial issue of equal taxation on all the classes. Robertson holds the opinion that "the very mention of the estates general was enough to set France ablaze.

It was as if a fraudulent firm, unable to meet its liabilities, had been forced at last to lay its affairs before a meeting of its creditors."

The taxation system in France was also disorganised and mismanaged. The wealthiest people belonging to the privileged class were free from all taxes while the peasantry had to pay 80% of their income in taxes to the government.

Inequality in taxes had created dissatisfaction and dejection among the masses. Moreover, the method of realising the revenue was also faulty.

The revenue was realised by the contractors who used to realise more than was due from the farmers but deposited in royal treasury only a part of it and thus appropriated a good amount for their own use.

Thus whereas the farmers were exploited, the royal treasury was also being looted by these revenue officers.

Answer 2

LOIUS XVI ASCENDED THE THE THRONE IN 1774

THE BOURBAN KINGS BELIEVED IN THE DIVINE RIGHT THEORY OF KINGSHIP

HE FOUND AN EMPTY TREASURY