Question

What was an economic cause of the French revolution

1 a lack of representation of the third estate in the estates general

2 increased influence of French thinkers suck as Rousseau and locke

3 the governments decision to raise taxes to pay it's huge debts

4 the rise of Napoleon and his rallying of the citizens against the monarch

Answer 1

the answer is 3 the governments descion to raise taxes to pay its huge debts

Answer 2

The correct answer is: 3. the governments decision to raice taxes to pay its huge debts

Step-by-step explanation

In the XVIII century, the United States was going through the independence process from England, but for doing this, the country needed money in order to strengthen his army and defeat one of the British crowns. Parallel, in Europe, France and England were in a dispute to be the greatest world power country, for that reason the France government decided to help the United States to prove England its strength, this situation caused France to get in debts and its internal affairs were careless, to try to recover from this situation the government decided to impose taxes causing the population discontent that would cause the revolution. So, the correct answer is 3. The government's decision to raise taxes to pay its huge debts