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How did economic poverty among citizens lead to the French Revolution?

Economic poverty within a nation infers that they are in their dark ages and in this period of time, people should cooperate in order to cross the obstacles. However, France’s 3 estates didn’t work out harmoniously together due to their different perspectives and pursuit. Initial to the dark ages mentioned, France created a huge debt to other countries by participating in the American Revolution and the 7 Years of War. Therefore, the government had to tax the citizens in order to re-pay the debts.

The 7 Years of War



Taxation to the citizens



Marie Antoinette



During this period of economic poverty, inflation was high and all the costs of goods increased, especially food. Bread had the highest price of all the food, which cost about a bag-full of paper money. Only nobles and royals could afford a full-day-long meal because the 3rd estate couldn’t afford every meal every day. They would have to work diligently to barely buy any food their family. After all, the worst thing that can happen for a parent is seeing their children die out due to starvation. Not only inflation were high and the costs of the goods increased, the government of France had even taxed the citizens in order to re-pay the debts.

Although it is reasonable for the government to tax the people in order to re-pay the debts, the money in the royals were used in the wrong way. Marie Antoinette used a lot of money for her own selfish reason of being pretty and casual every single day. Instead of helping the poor re-pay the debt, she would pursue accessories and jewels wasting money. this of course angered the citizens leading to a revolution.

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