Title: What were the economic causes of the French Revolution? - Quora
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What were the economic causes of the French Revolution?
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Bob Hunter
, former Higher Education Programme Manager
Answered 1 year ago · Author has 3.7K answers and 417.5K answer views
There had been a series of very poor harvests over the previous years. There was famine and considerable rural hardship. A protest march by farmers to Paris initiated the revolt. 289 views
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Edward Franks
, former Managing Director (1993-2002)
Answered 2 years ago · Author has 70 answers and 15.2K answer views
I believe the main cause was a massive public debt caused by years of overspending by the government coupled with severe income inequality which created much resentment among the impoverished in the major cities. 296 views
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, lived in France
Answered 2 years ago
Originally Answered: What are the economical causes of the French Revolution? the croissants were not fresh…:) 613 views
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Faheem Farooq
, history geek
Answered 2 years ago
What were the political, economic, and social causes of the French Revolution?