What were the causes of the french revolution? inequality of the state, taxation, Louis XVI weak ruler

France had been ruling under a system where social inequality was prominent and the out-dated absolutism approach of regime in France was becoming less successful; resulting in a radical revolution began by the lower class population. Weary of the manner they were being treated by the upper class citizens and the unfair laws imposed upon them, the third estate began to take a stand and rebel against the system they were under. There were many …

…due chiefly to the social inequality of the state in France. There would not have been an adequate amount of significant problems in France for such a revolution to happen if there had been a sense of equality in the state, with equal rights and privileges for all members of society. Bibliography Wittet, George G. and James R. Christopher. Modern Western Civilization Canada: oxford university press, 1991. Trueman, Schaffter, Stewart and Hunter. Modern Perspectives McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1979.