1. Social Inequalities in France due to the estates system
2. Tax burden on the third estate
3. The rise of the Bourgeoisie
4. Ideas put forward by Enlightenment philosophers
5. Financial crisis caused due to costly wars
6. Drastic weather and poor harvests in the preceding years
7. The rise in the cost of bread
8. Ineffective leadership of Louis XV and Louis XVI
9. Parliaments’ successful opposition to reforms
10. The extravagant lifestyle of the French monarchy
