MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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monarchs spent lavishly on themselves
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France helped the Patriots in the Revolutionary War
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France bought the French territory in the New World
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France helped the Indians fight the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -France’s Debt Problems France’s prolonged involvement in the Seven Years’ War of 1756–1763 drained the treasury, as did the country’s participation in the American Revolution of 1775–1783.
Detailed explanation-2: -The spark that ignited the French Revolution (1789-1799), one of the most important events in modern global history, was actually government debt, accumulated during the course of two wars, and the desire of King Louis XVI to increase taxes to pay off that debt.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In an era of bad harvests, famine, and rioting, the French government took steps to improve the worsening financial crisis. What did the government do? The government raised taxes.