What caused the French Revolution?

A satanic masonic cult called the Jacobins

The Duke of Orleans wanted the throne, he sponsored radical philosophes and mobilized rabbles to depose his cousin.

Then things went out of control.

Kek; taxes were no higher than those in Britain and Prussia, and famine was no less common in those countries either. France wasn't experiencing lower wages either at the time. The Ancien Régime was relatively effective at providing for the people (not as well at the British monarchy was, but still much better than Prussia and Russia).

The Revolution happened because 18th century liberals were obsessed with starting a new age of "modernity", and were looking for any excuse to go forward with it

George Soros

>things happen because people think things and not as a result of material causes

spooked af

something like

>french economy and finances were fucked
>massive deficit, borrowing money to pay off denbts
>literally like half the state's expenditure was debt interest
finance minister Jacques Necker sees nothing wrong with this and keeps raising more loans
>loans start drying up, the M. de Calonne is appointed his replacement
>Calonne wants to reform the tax system and allow internal free trade in France
>wants nobles and clergy to start paying their fucking taxes
>at estates general, the first and second estates refuse to change
>third estate fucks off and swears the tennis court oath
>revolution begins

sound alright?

bump

>implying it didn't work out 40 years later.
he lost his head but his keikaku succeeded.

Antisemitism

Climate had several bad fits during the 1700s in France leading to numerous bad harvests. This caused increased food prices and famines. Coupled with massive deficit spending French society was fucked and people demanded change but either the nobles or king opposed the reforms in estates general.

Divine rule met the reality of lack of funds, and so the people realized that the emperor was wearing no clothes

The end of the Middle Ages.