French Revolution : Causes

He was the king of France when the Revolution broke out

• Louis 15

• Louis 16

• Charles

• Harry

The kings of France belonged to the

• Habsburg dynasty

• Hapsburg dynasty

• Windsor dynasty

• Bourbon dynasty

The kings of France ruled in accordance to divine right which means

• they were given power by the Gods themselves

• they said that they were given the right to rule over the people by God

• they came down from the heavens and ruled France

• Their ancestor was Zeus himself

The king of France was

• unfit to rule

• an effective and efficient administrator

• bankrupt

• a spendthrift

The economy of France was in despair because

• there was no money in the treasury

• the wrong social category was being taxed

• France was at war with Germany

• the king and queen led a life of extravagance

In subsistence crisis

• the population increases and food production cannot keep up with the growing population

• the population decreases and food production is at its highest

• price of bread rises phenomenally high

• the situation worsens with bad weather

France was divided into three social categories called

• tiers

• tears

• estates

• houses

In France tax was paid by the

• nobility

• clergy

• peasants

• third estate

Feudal dues meant

• free services provided by the peasants to their lords

• paid services provided by the peasants to their lords

• extra taxes paid by the farmers

• the money that the farmer owed their lords

The estates that were exempted from paying taxes were

• the clergy

• the educated

• the nobility

• artisans