What Caused The French Revolution Essay
The French Revolution and the Rise of the Republic of France: A Discussion of its Causes and Effects
An essay by Cameron Reynolds-Beer
Prior the French revolution was a series of events that damaged the legitimacy of the monarch’s rule. These included many situations, some of which were avoidable, some of which were not. The French class system of three “Estates”: The First Estate - The Nobles and Lords; The Second Estate - The Church and Priests; and the Third Estate - the peasants, workers, and farmers. There are many arguments for different causes being the primary cause for the revolution, and in this essay I will describe the main causes and discuss my conclusion as to which of them I believe to be the primary cause.
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Although the various debts and wars did have a serious effect on the mindset of the people, I believe that without the autocracy and frivolous spending of the monarchy, then the rebellion would not have held as much support as it did. I feel that the free taxation of the Third Estate lead to an increase in tension between the Third Estate and the other, tax-free, Estates. This, however, did not push the people into a state of rebellion. That was the lack of proportional representation in the Estates General. If the Third Estate was more fairly represented in the Estates General, they would not have felt the need to rebel. This is because it would have allowed the First and Second Estates to be taxed similarly to the Third Estate and thus relieve economic pressure from the Third Estate. I can also theorize that this would have led to a rise in the middle class and so an increase in countrywide economic wealth and also industrialization and modernization. On the other hand, without the previous debts and war exhaustion, the conditions required to cause this chain of events may never have happened, at least not as early as it did. This, however is simply conjecture and so, as I have previously stated, my belief is that it was a culmination of the autocratic monarchy, and unbalanced
An essay by Cameron Reynolds-Beer
Prior the French revolution was a series of events that damaged the legitimacy of the monarch’s rule. These included many situations, some of which were avoidable, some of which were not. The French class system of three “Estates”: The First Estate - The Nobles and Lords; The Second Estate - The Church and Priests; and the Third Estate - the peasants, workers, and farmers. There are many arguments for different causes being the primary cause for the revolution, and in this essay I will describe the main causes and discuss my conclusion as to which of them I believe to be the primary cause.
One of the …show more content…
Although the various debts and wars did have a serious effect on the mindset of the people, I believe that without the autocracy and frivolous spending of the monarchy, then the rebellion would not have held as much support as it did. I feel that the free taxation of the Third Estate lead to an increase in tension between the Third Estate and the other, tax-free, Estates. This, however, did not push the people into a state of rebellion. That was the lack of proportional representation in the Estates General. If the Third Estate was more fairly represented in the Estates General, they would not have felt the need to rebel. This is because it would have allowed the First and Second Estates to be taxed similarly to the Third Estate and thus relieve economic pressure from the Third Estate. I can also theorize that this would have led to a rise in the middle class and so an increase in countrywide economic wealth and also industrialization and modernization. On the other hand, without the previous debts and war exhaustion, the conditions required to cause this chain of events may never have happened, at least not as early as it did. This, however is simply conjecture and so, as I have previously stated, my belief is that it was a culmination of the autocratic monarchy, and unbalanced