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They used the system of the Old Regime which was that the people of France were divided into social classes or estates.
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France economy was in decline and caused alarm on the people on the third estate.
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Bankers refused on lending more money to the government so that lead Louis XVI face serious problems because he was in debt with others.
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Because of the bad weather there were crop failures so they had to double the price f bread and people faced starvation.
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Louis had a solution to make more money because he was still in debt so he decided to tax the nobility. He was forced to call a meeting with the Estates General where there will be a representatives of the three estates to approve the tax.
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They voted to establish the National Assembly to end the absolute monarchy and start the representative government. This was the first deliberate act of revolution.
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A criminal gang started searching for arms and gunpowder in a Paris prison the Bastille. The gang took over the guard and had control of the prison.
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Parisian woman marched on Versailles and violently protested over the rising price of the bread with knives, axes and other weapons.