French Rev

A detailed Summary of French Rev

True the ideas that were promoted by the philosophies were a contributor to The

French Revolution but they were not the cause. The cause was the economic and social

problems that faced France in those years of turmoil. I believe that The French

Revolution was caused by The Social and Economic woes of the days.

"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 among 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.

The third estate could be broken down into three parts: the rich, bourgeoisie; the

middle, lawyers, doctors, businessmen; and t

prosperous as they could get but there was no way to socially climb the ladder. Because

shown to be a great step into modern society. If one could move socially then there was

Wars throughout the eighteenth century also had drained the French treasury.

When the poor were getting prosperous the rich would not let them climb socially.

hope into their future that one could better their lives to make them easier and more

of this the bourgeoisie decided to look to the other members of the third estate, the

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