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The french government acquired a great load of debt. This was because of the french helping the Americans in their revolution and overspending of money by the king and queen
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The third estate (the poorest) paid for all taxes. The nobles and the church were very powerful but very small in size compared with the third estate.
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Taxes made it impossible to make a profit in France and the weather ruined many crops.
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Bankers would not give any more money to the government
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Revolutionaries storm the Bastille in order to get supplies
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The third estate created their system of government, and stoped following the absolute monarchy.
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When they no longer had access to their meeting room, the delegates of the third estate broke into a tennis court and created their constitution there
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A limited monarchy was accepted by king Louis and took most of his power away.
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Louis, Marie Antoinette, and their children were imprionoed
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King louis was decapitated
