The country of France was in severe debt after helping to finance the American Revolution. Also, food shortages, especially bread, led to inflation of prices in the years just before the French Revolution broke out. (See image: Courtesy of weebly.com)
We went through a time where most government’s around the world where monarchies. His new way of thinking challenged common thinking of the time and was later credited during and after the enlightenment where his ideas became common thinking in the modern era.
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