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Source A Source A does not support the view that the French revolution was due to the deteriorating economic conditions. Source A is the Parlement President's response to the King's decision to tax the nobility and the clergy, in view of the growing debt the governemnt was facing. Even though the source does recognise that there was a deteriorating economic condition then, Source A shows that the King was losing his support from the various estates especially the nobility and clergy. This could be another cause for the French revolution. Cross referencing to Source C, we know that it is true that the estates were unhappy with the King as Source C tells us that the third estate was unhappy with the King. Furthermore, it has a formal tone and serves to inform the King of the third estate's unhappiness. Therefore this source is reliable.

From Source B, we can infer that the rulers were unwilling to give up their power, but because in the current state, they are forced to give in to the people's demands, or else more would be in jeopardy. From Marie Antoinette, "but it is clear that any delay would reduce the resources for preserving and consolidating the King’s authority." shows how firm the people are, and that they stand firm in their decision to change. "It is clear that any delay" also tells us that the King had delayed it before, and that the issue is so urgent that it cannot be delayed any further.

Source C Source C does not support the view that the French revolution was due to the deteriorating economic conditions. Source C shows the preliminary cahier, which was a list of grievances, of the parish of Boisse in France in 1788. Source C shows that the T hird E state too was not happy with the King. Source C mentioned that the Third Estate wanted the King to reduce all their taxes which they were 'forced to pay' to be 'reduced to one'. This shows that the Third Estate felt that the King were making pay too many taxes and also shows their unhappiness. Source C also states that the third estate wants the tax to be 'paid equally by the Lords, Churchmen and the Third Estate according to the possessions of each'. This shows that the Third Estate felt that it was unfair that the King only taxes the Third Estate and not the First or Second Estates in order to not lose their support. This source is reliable as based on our contextual knowledge, the King only taxes the Third Estate and taxes them on salt and many other things such as the usage of mills and ovens. Therefore, there was a lot of discontent within the Third Estate which could be the cause of the French revolution.

Source D Source D is a graph which shows the amount of fluctuation in the price of wheat over time in France, with an especially tremendous escalation between the time period of 1785 to 1789, only decreasing again from 1789 onwards to 1790. In reference to Source A, we can see that on 6 August 1787, "Louis XVI’s decided to tax the nobility and the clergy", due to "the growing debt the government was facing". 6 August 1787 is between the time period of 1785 to 1789, thus we can infer that it may be due to the increasing taxes that the government had been imposing, in order to solve the government debt, that resulted in this problem. Referring to Source B, from the line "but it is clear that any delay would reduce the resources for preserving and consolidating the King’s authority", we can also infer that the people are firm about having changes made and are challenging the King's power, in which from contextual knowledge, is supposed to be a absolute monarch. As this letter is dated 24 April 1788, which is approaching the end of the time period between 1785 to 1789, and from the letter's tone which had revealed the firmness of the French's citizens about having change and challenging the government, we can infer that there is a correlation between Louis XIV slowly losing his power and the immediate decrease in prices in 1789, as Louis XIV no longer had power to tax the people.Cross-referencing with contextual knowledge tells us that the French Revolution started in 1789, which the year the Estates-General is being called. This further confirms the correlation, as 1789 marks Louis XIV's start of losing his position as an absolute monarch, which might have thus resulted in intervention in the form of changes that are beneficial for the people, henceforth solving the issue of the escalating prices of wheat. From all the above information, I conclude that Source D is a reliable source.