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France was an absolute monarchy. Louis XIV was the greatest of all other rulers in Europe. While Louis XIV held the throne he encouraged trade and centralized government. Louis XIV successors, Louis XV and Louis XVI, all shared one common mistake, they all participated in lengthy and costly wars. France was defeated in Seven Years War against Britain. France was then crushed by the Prussians. The fatal weakness in France's monarchy system was its inability to produce a strong dictator. The people began to see Louis XVI as being weak, and they doubted the king as being divine. The events that occurred next will lead us to France's great Revolution. These following paragraphs will answer the famous question, "What caused the French Revolution and made it possible?" France was an absolute monarchy before the French Revolution. Absolutism, "king is divine", states that king was put on the throne by god. The Ancien Regime, the old order in France until the Revolution had large powers over society. They controlled the system of justice, the military; they influenced the Catholic Church, and had the right of taxa
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now that there was great conflict amongst classes over the form it should take about electing and voting. The third estate wanted a head count so they could double their numbers and win by majority. That was eventually thrown out, and they decided to introduce the National Assembly and to disregard the king's opinion. Louis outraged tried to close their assembly hall. They swore not to stop until France had a constitution. The National Assembly eventually gained popular support and it ended absolutism. Then introduced was a constitutional monarchy. In the new constitutional monarchy they decided the Bourgeoisie were to be the most powerful. 1788 then proved to be the most trying year for all. All classes wanted change. Louis XVI failed to introduce reforms that were fair, and gain support of the people. Under all the pressure the King is forced to limit his absolutism. So he agrees to summon the Estates General. This only encouraged more criticism and provided more force against absolutism and the Ancien Regime. This sparked the en
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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