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The people of France were divided into 3 estates. The first estate was the clergy. The second estate was the nobility. The third estate was the bourgeoisie.
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Europe caused major sparks of the revolution.It had a big impact on 19th century Europe. Economic troubles sparked it too.
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King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were the leaders and they didn't care about the economic trouble and poverty. The government was broke and was facing financial crisis. They were a big cause of the revolution.
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France was in huge government debt. Louis XVI refusal to accept financial reforms. The Storming of Bastille.
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The third estate dressed in black and they voted who would be in order. The nobility dressed in finery. The clergy dressed in full regalia.
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The Estates Generals meet at a tennis court instead of Versailles. They moved into an indoor tennis court. It was taken on June 20th, 1789
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800 Parisians gathered outside the Bastille, a medieval fortress used as a prison. The Commander open fired on the crowd. Many people were killed.
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It was a woman's march. It was known as the October march. It was the earliest and most significant event of the revolution.
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They government is in debt. Poor harvest made the food prices higher which made people poorer. The were poor from recent wars too.
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The Clergy consisted of poor and rich people. A law passed that caused immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France. It basically banned the church
