The Three Most Important Causes Of The French Revolution

Poverty, crime, and death were all apart of a terrible reality in the French Revolution. During the 1700s, France was known as modern. It was seen as the center of the Enlightenment, yet there were many economical problems going on at the time that led to the French Revolution. The three most important causes of the Revolution were the feudal dues, inequality of the estates, and the new emerging middle class.
Feudal dues were harsh on the lower class, causing them to go in crisis. Poor people, such as workers and peasants in the third estate, were very destitute, and children were scruffy because the little money they had paid for feudal dues and taxes. It is unfortunate that the low income of the lower classes went to paying dues because they were already impoverished, yet they had to give their little money away. This made them become beggars and even commit crimes for money. People were also unable to buy bread due to the fact that bread prices went up, and everyone’s money went towards the feudal dues. Unable to buy food, such as bread, was not good for the lower groups in the third estate because that led to families starving, and many people dying.
In 1789 during the Old Regime, the first and second estates owned more land than the amount of people in each estate. This was not fair for the third estate because 97% of third estates lived on 55% of land, which was a small amount compared to the number of people in the estate. Traditionally, the first and second estates were able to pay almost no taxes while obtaining the best jobs. This was unfortunate because higher estates received the best paying jobs, while the lower estates had to take the low paying jobs. They also paid more money for taxes, which demonstrated unequal treatment to the lower