Pretty much That being said, nothing happens for no reason at all. If anything the monarchy was guilty of mismanagement, running deficits like crazies, increasing tax pressure to no end on french people, including vassals, the bourgeoise, nobility... And also victim of bad luck to some extent, with consecutive famines that could maybe have been adverted eventually with better planing regarding reserves... Also, the last king inherited of the bill left by the previous ones, and wasn't really interested in being king, his hobby was locksmithing... Wars also, defeats, setbacks... So an accumulation and combination of bad factors turned the whole country into a bankrupt powder keg essentially, a breeding ground for revolution Pretty much like in russia, everything wasn't exactly rosy for the people prior to the 1917 revolution Germany also, hitler would never have made it to power if the country was doing just fine, of course