MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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All of the following are causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT ____
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inflation and a bad harvest
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taxation of the Third Estate
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special privileges for the nobility and wastefulness of the monarchy
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French deaths in WWI
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The causes of the French Revolution can be narrowed to five main factors: the Estate System, absolutism, Enlightenment ideas, food shortages, and the American Revolution. The Estate System placed people into groups based on birth and was known as the Ancien Regime.
Detailed explanation-2: -Today, it is generally estimated that 600, 000 to 1.3 million French perished during the military campaigns between 1792 and 1815, 70 to 75% of which for the wars of the Empire (1805-1815), in other words, between 400, 000 and one million.
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