Question

what were the main factors responsible for the failure of the directly rule in France??​

Answer 1

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