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“The causes of the French Revolution of 1789 included both long term and structural factors, as well as more immediate events.” Critically examine.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Origins of Modern Politics

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The French Revolution of 1789 cannot be reduced to any single cause: it was the product of decades of structural strain in French state and society meeting a short, sharp sequence of triggering events in 1787–89.

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  • Long-Term Structural Factors
  • The Immediate Trigger Sequence (1787–89)
  • The Interaction Between the Two Levels
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