MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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Which was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?
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Government Debt.
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Equal Tax Burden
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Financial Crisis.
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Unfair social divisions.
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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: -Taxation is considered an important cause of the French Revolution. The accepted view is during the 1700s, France’s taxation regime became excessive, inefficient and unfair.
Detailed explanation-3: -There were direct taxes, some of which were collected directly by the state: the taille (a personal tax), the capitation, and the vingtième (a form of income tax from which the nobles and officials were usually exempt).
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