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Why did the French Revolution lack a single leader? Please be detailed if possible

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The first problem was that the monarchy, aristocracy, and clergy paid no taxes as a hereditary right. The second problem was that to raise money, the monarchy had unwisely sold many of these liberal elites titles of nobility, which they thought should exempt them too from taxes.

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