How did economic problems contribute to the French Revolution?

Answer 1

He was the major underlying cause. France was close to insolvent. They had two consecutive bad crop years in a row and a starving citizen becomes a very unhappy citizen when bread is rarely available and is consistently expensive.

Answer 2

There was tremendous poverty among the peasants throughout the country. They were starving and this led to bread riots and protests in Paris. The sumptuous and ostentatious life style of the royalists at Versailles just 12 miles from Paris could not endure for much longer. The American colonies set the example with their successful revolution against the British monarchy. The House of Bourbon would be the next logical victim to succumb to revolutionary fever.

Answer 3

Old unpaid war debts.