Explain the events that led to the end of the French monarchy and how they effected France after the revolution.

The major cause of the French Revolution was the system of absolute monarchy that the French monarchy had been a part of.

Unlike the British, the French monarchy was absolute.  There were no limits on it, no Parliament, none of the things that made the British monarchy way less oppressive.  Because they were kept down so much, the commoners were very frustrated.  This was especially true because of the spread of Enlightenment ideas that argued that all people should be free of tyranny.

In addition, the French monarchy spend lavishly on such things as palaces (and wars).  Neither seemed to help the commoners.  Yet the commoners were the ones who paid the taxes.  So that was another major problem.