Causes of the French Revolution
The French Revolution was an epoch of great political and social change in the late eighteenth century. Within this time period, France underwent a drastic change as Enlightenment ideas swept through the nation, redefining the government and social life of the French with ideals such as liberty, equality, and fraternity. No other period of history would have such a large influence on France as the French Revolution. Although the monarchs of the time before the Revolution tried their best to restrict the growing influence of the Enlightenment, they were forced to cope with several factors that caused the Enlightenment ideas to spread even further: a poor economic situation and national debt, large unemployment rates, and rising costs of food resulting in starvation. Many other factors played key roles, but the three mentioned are the most apparent and possibly had the largest impacts.
In the events leading up to the Revolution, King Louis XIV......
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