Question

which were the various causes that led to French Revolution​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Causes of the French Revolution. 2. Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

Answer 2

Answer:-

Causes of the French Revolution:-

• There had been a conflict between the nobility and the lower classes that was called the Third Estate. The nobility were immune from paying tax as they belonged to the privileged class. Only the third estate had the financial burden of paying the taxes.

• The chief weakness of the government of revolutionary France was the faulty finance. Throughout the 17th-18th centuries the French government had been under a serious annual deficit. Owing to the faulty system of collection of revenue as also the tax-immunities enjoyed by the privileged classes it was unable to meet the deficit. Nor was it possible to increase the already high tax burden. In the years prior to the outbreak of the revolution in 1789 there had been an increase in the rate of taxes.

•The third estate consisted of middle class, workers, peasants, sans-culottes, etc. The middle class was a much superior lot than compared to the a

Aristocracy (Second Estate) in all respects. Yet in the existing social set up, they belonged to the third class. This wounded the sentiment of middle class people.

•From the 16th century France had a despotic government. In this system there was no room for people's participation in the governance of the country. The French kings considered themselves as the representatives of God on the Earth. To disobey a mere political ruler was one thing, but to disobey God's representative was something entirely different. Thus the kings did not feel that they were answerable to the people for their deeds or misdeeds.

•If the king was an able and efficient person, he headed would be equally effective. But under a weak government would be inefficient. Under King Louis XIV, France displayed a disciplined administration as he was a man of personality. But his successors, Louis XV and Louis XVI were weak and inefficient. They converted the despotic monarchy into a machinery of autocratic oppression. No wonder, it was under Louis XVI that France came under the grip of revolution.