Money or the lack of it was not the only cause of the French Revolution. It was one of the causes that eventually lead to the Revolution.
One cause that led to the revolution was the peasants. They were getting tired of being heavily taxed by the monarch and the nobility and also the church. Taxation was too chaotic and complicated especially when goods traveled to other regions of France.
The main burdens of the taxation were borne by the classes least able to support which was basically most of the peasants. …
