MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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A bad harvest caused starvation and poverty among the poor
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France was bankrupt from its participation in the American Revolution, so the King was forced to raise taxes to pay for the war debt
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There was an uneven distribution of wealth, where the 1st and 2nd estate had most of the money and land and paid no taxes anf the large 3rd estate had less money and land and paid almost all of the taxes.
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Marie Antoinette’s home country declared war on France.
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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: -Her rejection of reform provoked unrest, and her policy of court resistance to the progress of the French Revolution finally led to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792.
Detailed explanation-3: -Social and political discontent sparked revolutions in France in 1830 and 1848, which in turn inspired revolts in other parts of Europe. Workers lost their jobs, bread prices rose, and people accused the government of corruption. The French revolted and set up a republic.