EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Inequalities between the three estates
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Threat of Russian invasion
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Weak leadership by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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Excessive taxes for the Third Estate
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Detailed explanation-1: -France had a debt of more than 2 billion livres. To meet its regular expenses, such as the cost of maintaining an army, the court, running government offices or universities, the state was forced to increase taxes which angered the people.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, the foreign wars of Louis XIV and the seven year’s war of Louis XV were the two economic causes for the French revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The French administration had taxes like Tithes (giving one-tenth of the agricultural produce to the Church) and Taille (tax to the State). They also levied taxes on salt and tobacco.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians believe that one of the reasons the French Revolution came about was the disatisfaction of members of the Third Estate, who wanted a more equal distribution of wealth and power.
Detailed explanation-5: -Approximately 85% of the Third Estate consisted of rural peasants. A small number of peasants owned land and became relatively wealthy. However, most were extremely poor and had to work on land owned by wealthier peasants or the nobility. They were required to pay taxes to their landlords and tithes to the church.