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The price of berad doubled in 1979, causeing many people to starve
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bankers refused to lend the government any more money, Louis faced serious problems
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The second estate called for a meeting of the estates of general the meeting was held on May 5 1789 at Versailles
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delegates locked out of the meeting room they broke down the door pledging to stay until they had drawn up the new constitution
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French national holiday similar to the Fourth of July
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on july 14 a mob searching for gunpowder and arms stormed the bastille, a paris prison, the mob seized conrtol of the building
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thousands of parisian women rioted over the price of bread
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The national assembly completed the new constitution, the constitution created a limited constitutional monarchy.