There are many different opinions on what may have triggered the French Revolution. Dale Van Kley examines some religious and ideological possibilities. Kley tends to see that the Parlement often triggered conflict with the church. That conflict is what Kley believes contributed to the chaos of the French Revolution. George V. Taylor investigates Non-capitalist and other financial and economical approaches. Taylor conveys Capitalism as a bad thing for the majority of his research, and he often blames the aristocrats and nobles for the reason of the French Revolution. While both views are different in the possibilities that may have led up to the French Revolutionary War, the possibilities listed may contribute to the violence and devastation…show more content… Both Kley and Taylor believe that the government system itself may have been a source for early tensions before the Revolution. In that example, Kley believes that Parlement was causing issues, while Taylor saw the divisions of classes as the main problem. Both authors are different as opposed to what actually triggered the revolution itself. Kley believes that it was when Parlement began to take power from the church, the chaos that resulted would bring the Revolution into action. Taylor, however, saw multiple reasons for the revolution. The first thing Taylor found of importance was agriculture, the source of food for human life. The agriculture could not advance rapidly enough for the people, and it was a tough system. This decrease in food for people would definitely cause anger. Another contribution to the revolution could have been the great amount of financial debt that France was in, and once the increase of taxes were supplied, revolution was only a matter of time. Once again, Kley and Taylor are able to agree that the upper class is to blame for the revolution. They also believe that the upper class could have prevented the revolution as well. Kley puts most of the blame on the King who used power to their greatest advantage. While Taylor believes that if the upper class had been more knowledgably, generous and a little less selfish, tragedy could have been avoided. There are many other reasons that could have contributed to the revolution but Kley and Taylor cover them well. Even though Kley tends to be biased against Parlement he provides multiple historical events to back up his thoughts. Taylor appears to be biased against the upper class and capitalism, he thoroughly explains his
