1. There were basic social and economic changes that were happening. There were also political crises that broke down the state authority. Another factor was the effect of political ideas from the enlightenment on people. Originally, people during the enlightenment were very cautious about changing the way politics had been but it gave people confidence. People started to gain confidence and fight more for freedom. The last reason was the expenses from the war that European states had to pay off and focus on that, and different ideas could become more important. 2. They resulted in a constitutional monarchy because the third estate were locked in the tennis court and then soon became the National Assembly, the wrote up the constitution. …show more content…
The french revolution took a radical turn because of Georges Danton. He wanted to get back at the people who supported the king, had thousands supporters arrested and to solve the massive overcrowding of prisons inmates began to murder each other. Peoples families were being separated and people were being killed in prisons. There was murder …show more content…
One example is the nobility and the clergy, . Nobles were the largest landowners and had ¼ of agricultural land in France. They did not have to deal with direct taxation and could do things like hunt game, bear swords and wear gold ribbon in their clothes. They do not have a class system. They have the estates. Food supply is becoming netter, population is increasing. Intellectual causes of the French Revolution During this time, traditional values were being pushed as more women and children joined the labor force. The enlightenment thinkers brought ideas. One thinker was John locke and he believed in Life, Liberty and Property and natural rights. Montesquieu who had create checks and balances and the branches, executive, legislative and judicial. Voltaire had believed in separation of church and state. Economic causes of the French Revolution In most countries, professionals, merchants and guild masters who were middle class groups, were able to take part of economic activities. Peasants and urban laborers were too poor and and had to deal with taxation Investors became rich due to the manufacture trade in the countryside and overseas while the poor were struggling to deal with the raising