Events Leading up to Bastille

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    Enlightenment

    during this time one-third of the people were literate, only fifty-two boys went to high school, this means only a few could actually read.
  • The Reconstitution

    Its goal was to eliminate an absolute monarchy, and to eventually stand for the people as a fiar, responsive and democratic government.
  • The Creation of the National Assembly

    King Louis XVI held an Estate-General meeting to deal with the current financial crisis, the first and second estates would always agree leaving the third estate losing every vote since they only got one vote.
  • Beginning of the French Revolution

    This reconstitution was the official declaration of war.
  • Vote in the Estates General

    Due to the financial crises was on the rise king Louis decided to call the estates general on May 1789.
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    National Assembly

    It was made up of third estate delegates; there delegates later became the leaders of the French Revolution
  • The Tennis Court Oath

    It was a result of the growing discontent of the third estate. Also it lead up to the fall of the Bastille in July 1789.