The French Revolution was a period of political history of france and Europe. Most of the reasons for the French Revolution were economic reasons. Some factors were The social and psychological burdens of the many wars of the 18th century, which in the era before the dawn of nationalism were exclusively the province of the monarchy. The french population was divided into three estates. The first estate was made up of the clergy. It numbered around 100,000 people. The second estate was made up of the nobility. It numbered around 400,000 people. The third estate was made up of the bourgeoisie, wage earners, and the peasantry. It was made up of the majority of the french population . The third estate feel used because of this reasons.
* peasans were forced to do military service.
* Peasans could not hunt or fish on nobles estates.
* Peasans had to pay taxes to their lord ,king and church.
* Peasans had to use the lord's mill, oven and winepress, and pay for them.
They made up 90% of the population.
In 1789 they wanted to make a constitution to see how france was to be governed.
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