Causes of the French Revolution
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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CAUSES
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Three Main Causes
- Financial problems
- Food shortage
- Nobles dominating the court
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Financial Problems
- Louis XIV tons of war debt
- Status,Clergy,Nobles didn't have to pay tax
- Peasants who owned land paid the most tax
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Food Shortage
- Crop failure caused shortages
- Shortages caused prices to increase
- In addition to all these problems Peasants still paid tax
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NOBLES DOMINATED Court
- Louis XV and XVI tried to tax nobles
- Nobles were head of court
- Nobles refused and dominated
- Largest group was the Peasants
- Voting depended on power not class
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