Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
COUNTDOWN TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
COUNTDOWN TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Political
King held unlimited power.
Louis XVI used arbitrary arrests and wasted money.
Wealthy commoners had zero power.
Economic
Poverty
Poor commoners paid all taxes
High taxes
Nobility/Clergy paid no taxes.
Divided into three unfair estates.
Social
State spent more than it earned.
Funding America bankrupted France.
Prices grew 45%, wages only 22%
High taxes/low wages caused starvation.
Ideological
Enlightenment
Proved overthrowing kings works.
Rousseau backed self-rule; Montesquieu wanted divided powers.
King violated life, liberty, property.
Weakened King and Church using reason.
Spread liberty and equality