Causes of The Revolution

The year 1789 witnessed two far-reaching events: the beginning of a new United States of America and the beginning of the French Revolution. The French Revolution was more complex, more violent, and far more radical than the American Revolution. The French Revolution tried to create both a new political order & a new social order. It has often been seen as a major turning point in European political & society history. The causes of the French Revolution include both long-range problems & immediate forces. The long-range causes are to be found in condition of French society. French society was based on equality before the revolution. France's population of 27 million was divided as it had been since the Middle Ages, into three estates. The French Revolution lasted from the year 1789 to 1815.

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