2. Economic Causes of the French
Revolution:
The cost of everything had gone up from a
reasonable amount and it had shot sky high with
the rise in bread prices and basic necessities. On
top of which the working class was obliged to pay
heavy taxes to finance the governments running.
This obviously led to the feeling of resentment
within the bourgeoisie who wanted a more equal
system of governance in France. From this point
of view they were the forerunners of the whole
revolution but there was another side to this
social awakening and that was the decrease of
importance in the belief of God.

4. Social causes of the French
revolution:
Most of the French public belonged to the
working class - 98%- whose hard earned money
was being used to finance the foreign wars and
the court, and too repay national debt. Although
on the face of it the King had secured the
monarchy which should have put an end to
feudalism, the small land owners and the peasant
class still had extremely unfair contracts with the
feudal lords. This frustration of the working class
was the result of the rule of the monarchist
regime. Although the regime had been
successful, defending France from foreign
invaders and sorting out internal religious and
other debates it was extremely unfair on most of
the general public.

5. The Bastille
 When they decided that they were going to do
something about it, so they got guns but with
guns you need ammunition, and they didn’t have
any ammunition so, with out warning they
stormed the Bastille, which was the only place in
Paris with lots of ammunition but the Bastille was
the head prison in Paris but all they cared about
was getting what they wanted so they stole a
cannon and blew a hole in the wall.

6. The Bastille

7. Interesting facts
 Napoleon was born in Corsica – not France
 Toulon invited the British in during the
Wars, leading to a siege
 Lafayette wanted to be the George Washington of
France
 In champ du mars, the petition agenst the
monarcy was singed by

8. More interesting facts
 Incorruptible was Robespierre’s nickname
 The royal family fled to Varennes
 The crowd first went to Les Invalides on the 14th
July, 1789
 The Tennis Court Oath was on the 20th of June
1789
 The directory government was created after the
revolution.