French Revolution cause and effect

CAUSE AND EFFECT
CAUSE AND EFFECT


LONG-TERM CAUSES-
*Corrupt, inconsistent, and insensitive leadership
*Prosperous members of the Third Estate resent
privleges of First and Second estates
*Spread of Enlightenment ideas


IMMEDIATE CAUSES-
*Huge government debt
*Poor harvests and rising price of bread
*Failure of Louis XVI to accept financial reforms
*Formation of National Assembly
*Storming of Bastille

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

IMMEDIATE EFFECTS:
*France adopts its first written constitution
*French feudalism ends
*Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen adopted
*Monarchy abolished
*Revolutionary France fights coalition of European
powers
*Reign of Terror

LONG -TERM EFFECTS:
*Napoleon gains power
*Napoleonic Code established
*French conquests spark nationalism
*French public schools set up

CONNECTIONS TODAY:
*French people remain proud of Napoleon's glory days
*French law reflects Napoleonic Code
*Metric syst...