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Social disparity was one of the major causes of French Revolution. Justify the statement by giving any five examples.

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Social disparity was one of the major causes of French Revolution. This is demonstrated by the following examples:

  • The nobility and clergy were the privileged classes that were exempted from taxes while most of the peasants and artisans had to bear the burden of taxation.
  • There was increase in food prices due to bad harvest. However, the wages of labourers were not increased and they had to face hardship. Consequently, the gap between the rich and the poor increased causing resentment among the working class.
  • ="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51) !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13.600000381469727px;">Social disparities also led to the generation of the idea of equality among the educated members of the third estate. This became one of the key factors in the outbreak of revolution.

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On the eve of the revolution, the French society was ridden with several inequalities. The clergy and the nobles led a life of luxury and enjoyed numerous privileges. On the other hand, the peasants and workers lived a wretched life. They groaned under heavy taxes and forced labour. The middle-class comprising of lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc also suffered humiliation at the hands of the clergy and the nobles. This state of social inequality was the chief cause of the French Revolution.

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The cause because of social disparty was:-

1. The first and second estate people treated the third estate as the rodents, flies etc. They were very rude to them.They made them do each and evry thing and inturn they did not give any respect to them.

2. There was unequality everywhere. The first and second estate were born with priveledges and some good rights and were(must be) treated as gods(in the sense high post) by the third estate.

3. When the king Louis 16 was in debts(or mostly i guess subsistence crisis) he wanted to increase the taxes he called all the three estates

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