The Causes Of The French Revolution

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Term Paper Title	The Causes Of The French Revolution
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The Causes of the French Revolution

     The ideas that were promoted by the philosphes were defiantly a contributor to The French Revolution, but they were not the cause.  Nor was the political turmoil that was taking place in France in the time.  Although the political factors did tie in to the social and economic factor they were not the cause, only fuel to the fire.  The cause was the economic and social problems that faced France in those years of turmoil.  The French Revolution was caused by The Social and Economic woes that were taking place in France in the eighteenth century.

     "The rule of the aristocracy lasts as long as the rural population continues to ignore or neglect the crafts, and the ownership of land continues to be the soul basis of wealth."  "When handicrafts and commerce take hold amoung the people and create a new source of wealth benefiting a new class of working people, this paves the way for a revolution in political structure.  A new distribution of wealth opens the way to a new distribution of power.  In the same way that the possession of land creates an aristocracy, industrial property increases the power of the people; it provides the means to achieve its freedom."   Antoine P. J. M. Barnave also believed that without the economic tribulations that were pending in France there would have been no need for change.   Barnave believes that there would have been less of a social and economic problem if the rural population were not blinded by the aristocracy for as long as they were.  As long as there was rural ignorance to the distribution of wealth the aristocracy was going to be able to keep their pronouncement over most of the population of France.

The third estate could be broken down into three parts: the rich (bourgeoisie), the middle (lawyers, doctors, businessmen), and the poor (the peasant, farmer).  There was much change in the economic world of the third estate.  For instance the bourgeois were gaining land and therefore making money.  35% of the land was left to the 22 to 23 million peasants, the bourgeoisie held about 30% of the land, the 350 000 members of the nobility held about 20% of the land, and left with an unequally shared 10% the 130 000 member of the clergy.  This shows how much land the bourgeois actually had.  They were making large amounts of money off this huge percentage of land.  Like those today who make money they needed to be taxed, there was only one difference between now and then, they [the t...

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