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A poor economic
situation and an unmanageable national
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debt were both caused and
exacerbated by the burden of a
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grossly
inequitable system of taxation and France's funding
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of the American Revolution;
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A resentment of
royal absolutism;
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An aspiration
for liberty and republicanism;
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A resentment of Manorialism (seigneurialism) by peasants,
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wage-earners,
and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
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The rise of enlightenment ideals
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Food scarcity in the months
immediately before the
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revolution
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High unemployment and high bread prices resulting in the
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inability to
purchase food
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A resentment of
noble privilege and dominance in public life
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by the ambitious
professional classes
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A resentment of
religious intolerance
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The failure of Louis XVI to deal
effectively with these
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phenomena
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