Question

Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of a revolutionary protest in France.

Answer 1

Hint: The French revolution, which is known to have brought about a lot of changes around the globe. We need to recall and remember the series of events leading to this legendary revolution, which gave the world the concept of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.

Complete answer: The historic French Revolution was a European movement of the 18th century, which ended with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte on the throne of France. It began when the constitutional monarchy was favoured over the Ancien Regime. It led to the execution of Louis the XVI of the Bourbon Family.

We need to recall the causes of the Revolution to answer this question-
There is no single primary cause of the revolution, it was an amalgamation of socio, political, religious and economic issues. Moreover, the French population underwent a boom in the 1780s. This led to an exponential increase in the demand for food grains. Production of grains could not keep pace with the demand. So the price of bread which was the staple diet of the majority rose rapidly. With this we can understand that the most common effect would be an incompatibility of price and wages, widening the rich-poor margin. Alongside, years of war drained a lot of wealth.
The third estate became the victim of excess taxes levied by king Louis. Also, there was an empty treasury of the state due to excessive spending of Louis the XVI, costly involvement of France in the American revolution, poor harvests for two years, riots, strikes and heavy taxes, all eventually led to the uprising of the common man.

Now, since the third estate grew and took up ninety-eight per cent of French space, their voice began mattering. So after the National assembly was adopted or precisely, when the tennis court oath was taken on June 17th, the rumours about military coup began spreading, so on July 14th, the Parisians stormed the Bastille in an attempt to secure gunpowder, to save themselves from Military coup. Many people consider this day as the initiation point of the French Revolution and July 14th is National Holiday ever since.

Note: Now, since the third estate grew and took up ninety-eight per cent of French space, their voice began mattering. So after the National assembly was adopted or precisely, when the tennis court oath was taken on June 17th, the rumours about military coup began spreading, so on July 14th, the Parisians stormed the Bastille in an attempt to secure gunpowder, to save themselves from Military coup. Many people consider this day as the initiation point of the French Revolution and July 14th is National Holiday ever since.