In the leading years into the French Revolutionary, there were many financial crisis’s that had an influence on the way the government financed situations. The French government was becoming increasingly more in debt and attempted to restore its financial status through unpopular tax schemes. The immediate cause of the French Revolution was the near collapse of government finances. The French government expenditures were spiraling upward due to costly wars and royal extravagance. On the verge of a complete financial collapse, the government under Louis XVI was forced to call a meeting of the Estates General, which the French parliamentary body that had not met with since 161.
