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The major causes of the French Revolution were the disputes and inequalities between the different types of social classes in French society, and the financial problems, facing the French government, during the year of 1779. The French Revolution of 1789-1799 was one of the most important events in the history of the world. The Revolution led to many changes in France, which at the time of the Revolution was the most powerful state in Europe. The …

…government they had. Socialism, liberalism, and nationalism all were results of the French Revolution. "The greatest legacy of the French Revolution was that people could change anything that they wanted with political ideas, words, and laws" ("Revolution"). "The French Revolution was not only a crucial event considered in the context of Western history, but was also, perhaps the single most crucial influence on British intellectual, philosophical, and political life in the nineteenth century" ("French Revolution").