Regime, the raising of taxes, the American revolution, and the idea and beliefs of the philosophes. The immediate causes of the revolution were the rising price of bread and the locking of the third estate out of its meeting hall. Finally, the spark was the ordering of the Swiss guards to Paris by Louis the XVI.

The first underlying cause of the French Revolution was the Old Regime. The people of France were divided into three estates. The first estate was composed of the highest church officials. They he

A second underlying cause was the raising of taxes. The third estate was already being taxed enough, and the nobles refusal to pay taxes only worsened the problem.

The spark of the revolution, the event that touched off the French Revolution, was the ordering of the Swiss guards to Paris by Louis the XVI. The king felt that he could not trust his own military, so he hired Swiss mercenaries. He finally called them off when the Bastille was stormed (Krieger 486).

Another immediate cause was the locking of the third estate out of its meeting hall. Abby Sieyes suggested that the third estate become the National Assembly. On June 20, 1789, the king locked the third estate out of its meeting hall, but this didn't prevent them

from meeting. They instead met an a nearby indoor tennis court (Krieg

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