'How significant was the Age of Enlightenment in causing the French Revolution of 1789?'

Outline essay plan including four key factors influential in causing the French Revolution, with a clear introduction and conclusion. Make sure to address the links between factors and maintain a clear argument throughout the essay, linking back to the question.Example introduction: The Age of Enlightenment was an important factor in causing the French Revolution of 1789 because it espoused the ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity that became central to revolutionary rhetoric. It could be argued that other factors such as financial crisis, poor harvests, and rising bread prices in Paris causing popular unrest, the weaknesses of Louis XVI's despotic leadership, or the delicate and unbalanced structure of the Ancien Regime which was vulnerable in the face of these shorter term factors, were more significant in 1789. However, this essay will argue that overall it was the Enlightenment that was the most significant factor in causing the Revolution, because it was the ideas of the philosophes that exposed the injustices of the Ancien Regime, advocated structural change, and heavily influenced the rhetoric and policy of the revolutionary bourgeoisie and liberal nobles who became deputies in the early years of the Revolution.