Question

What were the 3 main economic causes leading to the French Revolution?

Answer 1

• As a result of numerous wars waged by Louis XVI the State treasury was empty.
• The situation was made even more complex by France’s involvement in the American War of Independence and the faulty system of taxation.
• While the privileged classes were excused from paying taxes the Third Estate was more and more burdened with them and the king was planning to increase the taxes further to be paid by the members of the third estate that infuriated the common people.