Factors Behind French Revolution

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FACTORS BEHIND FRENCH REVOLUTION
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1FACTORS BEHIND FRENCH REVOLUTION
The French Revolution was the cornerstone of liberation and freedom from the bondage
of the medieval and authoritarian regime and paved the way for republicanism in modern days.
The storm of Bastille on 14th July 1789 was the symbol of the initiation of the revolution that
ventilated the motto of Freedom, equality and fraternity. The reasons behind the French
Revolution were as follows,
As far as the cultural factors were concerned, it can be argued that the French Revolution
was an outcome of the enlightenment philosophy that ventilated grievances against the
authoritarian and monarchical government as well as the tyranny resulted by the Catholic
Churches (Khoirunnisak et al. 2018).
On the other hand, the social factors were also played significant role in the French
Revolution. The emergence of the bourgeoisie as the Third Estate created huge exposure for the
lower class to get equal benefits like the first and second estate. It can be argued that the political
equality and social rights instigated the French bourgeois to make political demands in the
Constituent Assembly (Gueniffey 2018).
In addition to this, the French involvement in the American War of Independence led
France indebted. As a result of that the French monarch Louis XVI compelled to implement new
taxations in order to restrain the economic balance. The high imposition of taxes and the burden
instigated the common people of France to evoke war against the monarchy (Goodwin 2016).
In addition to this, the political understanding also created opportunities for the French
Revolution. In the rural sectors the Third Estate population succeeded to develop a power nexus
and the French government was unable to control the mob. the provincial parliaments were also