MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The Enlightenment and Taxation system
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Royal government and the ancien regime
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Financial crisis and Taxation system
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Foreign wars and economic crisis
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Detailed explanation-1: -The long term causes of the French revolution can be identified as: weak leadership, presence of the enlightenment, the American War of Independence, and the structure of French society.To begin with, Louis XVI has traditionally been viewed as a weak leader.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Long Term Effects of the Revolution It unified and increased the power of the national state. It increased the feeling of French nationalism, and it set a precedent for a democratic French government. Although it did not solve class inequalities, the French Revolution led to the emergence of the middle class.
Detailed explanation-4: -Not only did it put an end to the feudal system, disband a kingdom and its monarchy, and establish civil laws and fairer representation of all peoples under governance, it also served to unify and strengthen France as a country and a people.