What were the reasons behind the French Revolution?

1. The bourgeoisie resented its exclusion from political power and positions of honor.

2. The peasants were acutely aware of their situation and were less and less willing to support the anachronistic and burdensome feudal system.

3. The philosophies had been read more widely in France than anywhere else.

4. French participation in the American Revolution had driven the government to the brink of bankruptcy.

5. France was the most populous country in Europe, and crop failures in much of the country in 1788, coming on top of a long period of economic difficulties, compounded existing restlessness.

6. The French monarchy, no longer seen as divinely ordained, was unable to adapt to the political and societal pressures that were being exerted on it.

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