'The French Revolution: Causes and Effects' by Sakshi Kaushik

Revolution - the term means to rebel or overthrow a government or a social system. It results in complete change from the existing situation. Generally a revolution happens when there is widespread misery, unhappiness and dissatisfaction among the mass of common people in any country. People may be unhappy because their basic needs are not been taken care of by their ruler or government. History shows that there has been some type of revolution almost …

…people just revolted in the year 1789 when they faced this problem along with other difficulties. Financial crises also do not seem to be the main cause. It is clear that social inequality was the main cause of the French Revolution, but coincidental events such as the food and financial crises, the European Enlightenment, the American War of Independence and the absolute government headed by Louis XVI also played a big part in the violent revolution.