Political revolution was one of the developments that took place in France in the late 18th century. During the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, France became the center for new ideas, especially liberty, citizenship, equality, fraternity, and patriotism. Against a background of a severe economic crisis, military reversals, and a series of poor harvests, the French Revolution began in 1789. It first sought to end the absolutist rule of Louis XVI and the vicious feudal system of estates or castes. The correct answer is E.