Distinguish between the long-term and short-term causes of the French Revolution. How did they come together during the reign of Louis XVI?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. A long-term cause was the rivalry with Britain, which pulled France into a number of wars. France incurred a great amount of debt to finance these wars.
b. A short-term cause was Louis XVI's convening of the Estates General to raise taxes. The meeting of the Estates General would launch the revolution.
c. A long-term cause was the inability of agricultural production to keep up with population growth, causing a food shortage.
d. As bread prices rose, the demand for manufactured goods declined, which left many artisans unemployed.
e. The rising cost of food and climbing unemployment rates sowed the seeds of social discontent and turmoil; bread riots, peasant revolts, and urban strikes occurred with increasing frequency.
f. A short-term cause was Louis XVI's deployment of royal troops to Paris to restore public order; this only made things worse and led to the storming of the Bastille.
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