Question

which of these changes were more important in French revolution?why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

• International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state
• Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.
• The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in Montequieu’s Spirit of the Laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in Rousseau’s Social Contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the Literary Underground of “Grub Street;” the broadening influence of public opinion.
• Social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie.
• Ineffective ruler: Louis XVI
• Economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

Answer 2

Answer:

• International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

• Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

• The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in Montequieu’s Spirit of the Laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in Rousseau’s Social Contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the Literary Underground of “Grub Street;” the broadening influence of public opinion.

• Social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

• Ineffective ruler: Louis XVI

• Economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

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