what are the main causes of French Revolution (5 marks)
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Although scholarly debate continues about the exact causes of the Revolution, the following reasons are commonly adduced:
(1) the bourgeoisie resented its exclusion from political power and positions of honour;
(2) the peasants were acutely aware of their situation and were less and less willing to support the anachronistic and burdensome feudal system;
(3) the philosophes had been read more widely in France than anywhere else;
(4) French participation in the American Revolution had driven the government to the brink of bankruptcy;
(5) France was the most populous country in Europe, and crop failures in much of the country in 1788, coming on top of a long period of economic difficulties, compounded existing restlessness
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Increase in prices of bread.
political conflict.
only third state has to pay taxes.
ineffective ruler.
Social antagonisms between two rising groups.