FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Enlightenment ideas
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Inflation and unemployment
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Bad leadership from Louis XVI
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The rise of Napoleon
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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: -The political instability of the Directory paved the way for the rise of a military dictator-Napoleon Bonaparte. He crowned himself Emperor of France. He started conquering neighbouring countries by waging wars against them and saw himself as a moderniser of Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was hoped that with the end of the monarchy there would be an end to the wars, unfair taxation and excess draining the French economy. The people wanted to improve their economic fortunes. Instead of improving, France descended further into corruption and chaos, and ushered in the rise of a new dictator–Napoleon.