Write the causes of french revolution
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(a) Social Causes - On the eve of the revolution, the French society was ridden with several inequalities. The clergy and the nobles led a life of luxury and enjoyed numerous privileges. On the other hand, the peasants and workers lived a wretched life. They groaned under heavy taxes and forced labour. The middle-class comprising of lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc also suffered humiliation at the hands of the clergy and the nobles. This state of social inequality was the chief cause of the French Revolution.
(b) Political Causes - Emperor Louis XVI of France was an empty headed despot. He and his queen, Marie Antoinette, squandered money on their luxurious living and wasteful festivities. The high posts were often auctioned, so inefficiency reigned supreme. The whole administration was corrupt and each department had its own laws. In the absence of any uniform system there was confusion all around. The people were tired of such a rotten system of administration and wanted a change.
(c) Economic Causes - France had been continually involved in wars which had broken her economy. The luxurious life led by the French King Louis XVI and his queen had made the matter still worse. The people groaned under heavy taxes. The system was so faulty that only a fraction of the taxes could be realized as the people were too poor to pay the taxes while nobles and the clergy who could pay, were completely exempted from all the taxes. The economy became so bad that the French Government had almost reached a state of bankruptcy. Thus the shattered economy of France proved a major cause of the Revolution.
(d) Immediate Cause - Forced by financial bankruptcy, Emperor Louis XVI was compelled to call a meeting of the Estates General in 1789 A.D. after a lapse of 175 years. It generated much excitement as the members of the Third Estate were determined to put forth their problems. But when the first two Estates i.e. the Clergy and the Nobility refused to have a common meeting with the Third Estate, the people lost their temper. They had already suffered much in the severe famine in 1788 - 1789. In this way the calling of the
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political or economic cause:
in 1774 Louis 16 of the berbon family was welcomed with a empty treasury.
reasons:
1. Long years of war had drained its wealth out.
2.It had also helped 13 American colonies to become free from its common enemy Britain
3. The monarch was also not compromising with his lavishness.
the result was that the taxes were increased.
economic cause (subsistence crisis)
1. population of France rose considerably
2. This led to an increased demand in food.But the production could not keep up with the increasing demands.
3.The wages were also not increased
4.hence, the price of bread(food) rose.
5. natural calamities made the matters worse
SOCIAL CAUSE
1. French society was divided into three estates
2.the first two estates were the Clergy and the Nobility who enjoyed privileges.
3. the third estate was the estate who had to carry all the burden. it consisted of the peasants and artisans
4.only the third estate had to pay the taxes the other two just enjoyed.
5.it not only had to pay taxes to the monarch but to the churches(as tithes)
and the nobility(as taille) and render the their services too.
IMMEDIATE CAUSE
1. on 5 may 1789, Louis 16 had called a meeting of estate general to pass the proposal of new taxes.
2.The members of the 3rd estate were standing while the members of the 2nd and the 1st estate were sitting
3. according to the early voting method each estate had one vote.
4. Now the 3rd estate demanded that each person should have one vote and each vote should have one value.
5. But Louis 16 declined their offer so the members of the 3rd estate marched off in protest
all this led to French revolution.