Factors that Shaped French Nationalism
1. Intellectuals, such as Voltaire, poked fun at the nobhoty and challenget ordinary
citizens to assert their freedom.
II. France had a growing number of bourgeoisie who attended salons and followed
political developments in Britain and America
III The French monarchy loaned money to American revolutionaries fighting Britain for their independence
IV. Severe weather in France caused a major shortage of grain, which added to the
problems of impoverished peasants
V French royalists who had Ned France plotted with outside forces to restore the power
of the monarchy.
The two factors with a common category are
I and II
III and V
I and IV
II and V