Explain any five economic causes of the French Revolution.

The five economic causes of the French revolution were:

• The treasury of the state becomes empty due to various expenses. The state was facing financial problems due to the frequent wars so they imposed taxes to meet the expenses of the royal treasury.

• To meet the expenses required for maintaining court, army, government universities and offices, the state increased the taxes and the people were forced to pay these taxes.

• Peasants also had to pay taxes to the Church called Tithes. It also included direct tax called Taille and other indirect tax which were imposed on the product of consumption like salt and tobacco.

• The wages of the employees were low which widened the gap between rich and poor.

• The social disparity and the unequal distribution of the food resulted in subsistence crisis which resulted in the increase in the prices of the food items.