‘Social tensions, political conflicts were not as important as economic depression in bringing about a crisis in the old regime.’ Social tensions, political conflicts and economic depression were all to a degree, important as one another in bringing about a crisis in the old regime of France. Various social, political and economic conditions, contributed equally to the revolution in France. These conditions included much dissatisfaction among the lower and middle classes, interest in the new …showed first 75 words of 803 total…

…showed last 75 words of 803 total…causes of the French Revolution was the combination of social tensions between the three estates brought on by the inequality of the social system, the economic conditions of the day and the influence of the philosophes and the Enlightenment. Social, political and economic aspects were all as important as one another in bringing about a revolution in which eventually saw the destruction of the old regime and the downfall of King Louis XVI. WORD COUNT:800