USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these was not a cause of the French Revolution?
A
Growing inequalities between the Estates
B
Growing religious tensions between French Catholics and French Protestants
C
The ineffectiveness of King Louis XVI as a monarch
D
Economic problems caused by France spending large amounts of money on foreign wars.
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: -The French Revolution initially began with attacks on Church corruption and the wealth of the higher clergy, an action with which even many Christians could identify, since the Gallican Church held a dominant role in pre-revolutionary France.

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