Causes of French Revolution
Economical
Social Inequality
Intellectual
Political
The rise of Enlightenment ideals… liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
Promoted reason and freedom.
The invention of the printing press made people more politically aware.
Led to the people to rebel on the government and the king.
Ended the longest monarchy by killing the king
The Citizen body resented the absolute monarchy
An aspiration for liberty and republicanism
The failure of Louis XVI to deal effectively with these problems
Frivolous Spending, Engaged in several wars, indecisive.
The king(Louis XVI) of France was irresponsible with how they tended to the citizens and with how they managed their finances.
A resentment of noble privilege and dominance in public life by the ambitious professional classes
The elites classes (king and nobles) dominated and controlled France
A resentment of religious intolerance
Unprivileged people had to pay taxes and were treated badly while the Privileged people did not have to pay taxes and were treated fairly.
Because of the tax situation it left the peasants with nothing while the king and noble lived lavishly
Due to King Louis XVI frivolous spending, France accumulated a lot of national dept.
High unemployment
High bread prices resulting in the inability to purchase food.
Unfair taxation rules
A lot of money was spent financing wars
Increased taxes
