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The Ancien Regime: The Breakout Of The French Revolution

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There is a breadth of debate surrounding the factors causing the events of the French Revolution, with a combination of issues both long and short term culminating in the riotous mood of the Revolution, characterised by the Storming of the Bastille in July 1789 – regarded as the symbolic beginning of the Revolution. One significant reason for the breakout of the Revolution lies in the economic and financial situation of France as a short and long term cause. Deep- rooted financial issues of the Ancien Regime as well as the debilitating economic and financial crises due to monarchal extravagance strengthened by the costs associated with the American War of Independence (1778-83) and the agricultural decline of the 1780s, demonstrates the extent

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