Question

What factors caused the French Revolution?

Answer 1

#1 Social Inequality in France due to the Estates System.
#2 Tax Burden on the Third Estate.
#3 The Rise of the Bourgeoisie.
#4 Ideas put forward by Enlightenment philosophers.
#5 Financial Crisis caused due to Costly Wars.
#6 Drastic Weather and Poor Harvests in the preceding years.

Answer 2

Answer:

Although scholarly debate continues about the exact causes of the Revolution, the following reasons are commonly adduced: (1) the bourgeoisie resented its exclusion from political power and positions of honour; (2) the peasants were acutely aware of their situation and were less and less willing to support the anachronistic and burdensome feudal system; (3) the philosophes had been read more widely in France than anywhere else; (4) French participation in the American Revolution had driven the government to the brink of bankruptcy; (5) France was the most populous country in Europe, and crop failures in much of the country in 1788, coming on top of a long period of economic difficulties, compounded existing restlessness; and (6) the French monarchy, no longer seen as divinely ordained, was unable to adapt to the political and societal pressures that were being exerted on it.