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Causes Of The French Revolution (Financial Difficulties (Taxes (Peasants…
Causes Of The French Revolution
Financial Difficulties
Taxes
Peasants and the bourgeoisie upset because they had to pay all the taxes.
Disagreements
Nobles refused to make taxes equal under the law.
War
Debt built up when the king helped out financially with the American Revolution.
France was a absolute monarchy
Decisions
King Louis XVI was a poor decision maker and could not decide what to do in the important situations.
Influences
He was also strongly influenced by his wife Marie Antoinette and both of them cared more about personal interests over the political interests.
Unfair Social Classes
Unfair Rankings
Only the first and second estate have a vote that counts, the third estate and bourgeoisie's vote didn't count for much.
Social Divisions
Unfair because most people were in the third estate.
Food
Riots
People were storming the villages stealing the last of the bread that was left to feed there family.
Bad Crops
A lot of the crops were dying which resulted in a downfall of wheat and food overall.
Poverty
Due to the crops dying the farmers became very poor because they didn't have anything to sell.