Causes of the French Revolution
The statement citing the essential cause of the French
Revolution as the "collision between a powerful, rising bourgeoisie
and an entrenched aristocracy defending it's privileges" has great
pertinence in summarizing the conflict of 1789. The causes of the
French Revolution, being provoked by this collision of powers, was the
Financial debt of the government and the long-standing political
differences in the government.
Over the course of twenty-five years after the Seven Years' War,
the government of France--the Bourgeoisie royalty, could not manage
The statement citing the essential cause of the French
Revolution as the "collision between a powerful, rising bourgeoisie
and an entrenched aristocracy defending it's privileges" has great
pertinence in summarizing the conflict of 1789. The causes of the
French Revolution, being provoked by this collision of powers, was the
Financial debt of the government and the long-standing political
differences in the government.
Over the course of twenty-five years after the Seven Years' War,
the government of France--the Bourgeoisie royalty, could not manage