What are the main causes of french revolution class 9th
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Answer:
#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.
Explanation:
CAUSES
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
The growing popularity of the works of a number of intellectuals who argued for social reform
Widespread inequality between the rich and poor classes alongside growing dissatisfaction with the antiquated feudal system among the poor