The causes of the French Revolution

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There was a revolution in _ _ _ _ _ _ in 1789. The ruler of France before the Revolution was King _ _ _ _ _ XVI. His wife was Queen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. King Louis XVI lived in his palace at _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ near Paris.

One of the reasons why there was a revolution in France in 1789 is that the king ran out of _ _ _ _ _. He spent lots of money on two wars with _ _ _ _ _ _ _. One was in 1756 and another one was in 1778. In the second war the French were helping the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ break away from British control.

Another cause of the French Revolution was the problems faced by the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. They were so poor that they did not have enough money to feed their families. This was made worse when the crops failed to grow. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ failed in 1787 and 1788.

Another cause of the French Revolution was that the two _ _ _ _ groups in France would not give the king more money. The _ _ _ _ _ and the _ _ _ _ _ _ had lots of land and money but would not pay more _ _ _ _ _. This left the king unable to find more money.

A final reason why the French had a revolution in 1789 was ideas. A new set of ideas called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ attacked the power of the king and the church. These made lots of ordinary French people think that they should have some of the power of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

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