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cost went up
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Louis XIV ruled and ran debt up.
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Bad harvest
Bad harvests sent food prices souring and broght hunger to poorer peasants and city dweller. -
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National Assembly
National Assembly turned France into a constitutonal monarchy. -
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3 estates
France still clung to an outdated social system that had emerged in the Middle Ages. Had 3 Estates. 1st estate was the clergy, 2nd estate was the nobles, and the 3rd estate was the rest of the population. -
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Louis XIV left France
Half of the income taxes went to pay for the huge debt Louis XIV had left France. -
Bread prices
Unrest exploded at a paris wallpaper factory. A rumor had spread that the factory owner was planning to cut wages even though bread prices were soaring -
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Reigh of terror
A radical phase of escalating violence led to the end of the monarchy and a reigh of terror. -
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AgainstExtremism
Period of reaction against extremism, Known as the directory. -
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Age of Napolean