True the ideas that were promoted by the philosophies were a contributor to The French Revolution but they were not the cause. The cause was the economic and social problems that faced France in those years of turmoil. I believe that The French Revolution was caused by The Social and Economic woes of the days. "The rule of the aristocracy lasts as long as the rural population continues to ignore or neglect the crafts, and …showed first 75 words of 1179 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1179 total…true that it took the world by surprise, nevertheless it was only the culmination of a long period of travail-the sudden and violent termination of an enterprise on which men had labored for ten generations." On this it is believe that the social and economic disorder that took place in France in the eighteenth century was the cause of the revolution. Resulting in both a social and economic scapegoat to the rest of Europe. ve