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The French revolution

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

WAS A MOVEMENT THAT SHOOK FRANCE BETWEEN 1787-1799. AND IT ENDED THE ANCIEN REGIME. MAJOR CAUSES INCLUDED AN UNDERFED POPULATION, LOSS OF PEASNT SUPPORT FOR THE FEUDAL SYSTEM, AN EXPANDING BOURGEOISIE WITH NO POLITICAL POWER AND A MAJOR FISCAL CRISIS BROUGHT ON BY ENDLESS WARS AND EXTRAVAGANT SPENDING IN THE LAST CENTURY AS WELL AS ASSITING THE US IN THEIR REVOLUTION, THE NOBLE AND CLERGY’S REFUSAL TO GIVE UP THEIR TAX EXEMPTIONS... THE COUNTRY WAS HEADING TOWARDS BANKRUPTCY AND LOUIS XVI HAD TO CALL A MEETING OF THE ESTATES-GENERAL WHICH HADN’T BEEN DONE SINCE 1614. HE WAS FORCED TO ADMIT THAT HE NEEDED PERMISSION TO RAISE...

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