Explain the consequences that led to the outbreak of french revolution.

One may argue that there were a few causes of the French Revolution, all of which are connected. The leadership of France was more-or-less nonexistent as King Louis XIV was more concerned with the upkeep of Versailles and his family rather than the well-being of his people. Because of this, and the funding of various wars, France was in extreme debt.
Normally when a country is faced with a deficit, taxes must be raised and other expenses must be cut. The problem with France in the 1700s was that the First and Second Estates, the wealthiest members of society, were not required to pay any taxes. This burden then fell on the Third Estate. The Third Estate made up approximately 98% of the population, and 90% were peasants.
Due to poor harvests, the price of food skyrocketed and much of the Third Estate could not afford to feed their families. In addition to struggling to feed their families, members of the Third Estate were now faced with the burden of paying higher taxes to save the country's economy. The wealthy First and Second Estates refused to pay taxes since they were not required to previously, and again forced the responsibility on the Third Estate. Consequently, the members of the Third Estate gathered and stormed the Bastille on July 14 1789, thus sparking a revolution.


Arguably the biggest single cause was financial. Put simply, France was broke. The French government needed substantial sums of money to maintain itself, yet without a sufficient supply of revenue was unable to do so. The system of taxation in pre-Revolutionary France was a confusing mess. Many regions of the country, as well as towns and cities, enjoyed ancient privileges that meant they weren't required to pay tax. Even more seriously, the wealthy Church—the so-called First Estate, and the aristocracy—the Second Estate—didn't pay taxes either.
Not only did this mean that the French state was chronically short of money, it also meant that the burden of taxation fell unfairly upon the shoulders of the Third Estate, or the commoners. Members of the Third Estate were especially aggrieved as, unlike the other two Estates of the realm, they lacked political power. They became increasingly resentful of the fact that, like the American colonists, they had taxation without representation. No wonder it was the men of the Third Estate who were the driving force behind the Revolution.
Various efforts were made to reform the state's finances, but they always met with fierce resistance from the First and Second Estates. In the meantime, a succession of failed harvests caused food prices to skyrocket, leading to hunger and discontent among the poorer sections of society. Taking all these factors into consideration, it's not a question of why the French Revolution happened, but why it didn't happen much sooner.

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