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short term causes of the French revolution, from the results of these poor…
short term causes of the French revolution
attempt at reform : calling the estates general
in august 1788 the government went bank rupt
no one lent them money
it couldn't raise new taxes or even collect many existing taxes
the assembly hadn't met since 1614
foreign policy causing the national debut and bankrupcy
economic slump
bad weather caused
poor silk harvest
poor wine harvest
from the results of these poor weather conditions
became a crisis
from 1788 - 1789
46000 were unemployed in amiens
10000 unemployed in carcassonne
25000 unemployed in lyon
from the wages of urban workers
in august 1788
50% of their wages were spent on bread
in July 1789
75% of their wages were spent on bread