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Natasha Peart
History 10
Professor De-jong
FRENCH REVOLUTION
1. The long term causes of the French Revolution is a massive population growth between
the years of 1715 and 1789. Their population rapidly increased to about 44%. Most of
the population was young people and this was important because it was a society that
requires opportunities. They thought the overpopulated society would be great. People
began moving into urban areas to look for opportunities. The problem is with this
overgrowth, there is no opportunity in the cities because it was hard to find jobs with over
populated society.
2. The American revolution was an important influence upon the French Revolution
because the American Revolution had the ideas of natural rights of individuals and the
decision of powers. The French went into deep debt after fighting on the American side
of in their Revolution. The French had to pay for taxes but they were not comfortable
with that.