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CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Economic
Poor harvests and the rising cost of living caused
peasants to revolt against the monarchy.
All of this economic causes are because of the wars of Louis XIV.
They had conflicst between the Monarchy and the nobility because of the tax system.
They struggled for hegemony and Empire outstrips
Cultural causes
The Enlightenment philosophy made people realise that they were being oppressed by the Catholic Church, they also promoted a new society based on the traditions.
They valued the ideas of liberty and equality.
They had a financial crisis caused due to Costly Wars
Social Causes
The social causes where due to the emergence of the influential bourgeoisie. They wanted political equality.
The clergy and nobility formed the two Estates that were the most privileged classes in the French society.
During this period of social causes the economic condition of France became weak.
Financial
Louis XVI implemented new taxations to reduce privileges.
The french monarchy inancially in trouble since the end of the reign of Louis XIV,
Political
The king faced strong opposition from provincial
parliaments, which were against all types of royal reforms.
The autocratic monarchy created the political cause of the French Revolution