What were the causes which led to the French Revolution? During the 17th and 18th centuries, France was ruled by an absolute monarchy. Still, a series of events quickly put an end to this system as the French Revolution took place in 1789, provoked by a series of causes such as the collision of powers between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy, the revolutionary ideas from the American Revolution and the Enlightenment, and by the financial debt …showed first 75 words of 592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 592 total…easily outvote the Third Estate. This unfairness contributed to social unrest, as the common people became discontented with the privileged classes. It's clear that these political and social tensions, further increased with revolutionary ideas and with France's financial difficulties, were the main causes for the French Revolution as the hungry Parisians, who suffered from bad harvest, burst out their anger by attacking the Bastille, thus starting the revolution which soon would spread all over France.