Social causes on the French Revolution Before the French Revolution the whole way that a person lived and breathed depended on their social status. The higher classes and the church had to pay little or no taxes, they got special treatment in court or they had their own courts and they overall had many privileges. On the other hand the lower classes had no privileges, the people above them governed them and they had no control over their lives. The equality that didn't exist at the time was definitely another reason that angered the French and drove them to revolting. One last type of cause to the French Revolution was cultural causes. Before the French Revolution people thought that the way that they lived, as described above, was the only way to live. As time passed and things became more modern the idea of changing the way that they lived crept into peoples' minds. And so they decided to try, that is where the revolution began.

Social causes on the French Revolution Before the French Revolution the whole way that a person lived and breathed depended on their social status. The higher classes and the church had to pay little or no taxes, they got special treatment in court or they had their own courts and they overall had many privileges. On the other hand the lower classes had no privileges, the people above them governed them and they had no control over their lives. The equality that didn't exist at the time was definitely another reason that angered the French and drove them to revolting. One last type of cause to the French Revolution was cultural causes. Before the French Revolution people thought that the way that they lived, as described above, was the only way to live. As time passed and things became more modern the idea of changing the way that they lived crept into peoples' minds. And so they decided to try, that is where the revolution began.