EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The king lowered taxes
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The king took their money to create jobs
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The king spent the taxes on wars and himself
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They had fought against the Americans in the revolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -A rapidly growing population had outpaced the food supply. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in famine and widespread starvation in the countryside. Rising prices in Paris brought bread riots. By 1789 France was broke.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the 18th century drew to a close, France’s costly involvement in the American Revolution, combined with extravagant spending by King Louis XVI, had left France on the brink of bankruptcy.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The main cause of the French Revolution was the despotic rule of Louis XVI, division of French society, rising prices, inspiration of the philosophers, role of middle class.