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After France's heavy involvement in the American revolution and the King’s and Queen’s excessive spending, the country was left practically bankrupt. Environmental factors also lead to this too, things such as poor harvests, illnesseed, increasing bread prices and high taxes for the extremely poor. All of this led to riots and strikes.

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Flour war - to increase profitability of grains the price was  raised to an unaffordable price for most

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King called a meeting of the Estates-Generals -  which had not gathered since 1614 - was scheduled

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The Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. It enacted laws and reforms in the name of the French people. It replaced the absolute monarchy with a constitutional monarchy.

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The Tennis Court Oath- the third estate tried to get the others to meet but they resisted, members of the third estate suggested that they all themselves the National Assembly and act on their own without other estates

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The storming of the Bastille - This marked the beginning of the french revolution. This started a series of events which led to the overthrowing and beheading of king Louis the XVI and his queen.

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The Great Fear - a wave of violence where bourgeois broke into and burned nobles’ housed, they tore up documents that made them pay anything to the nobles

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Nobles surrender their privileges - The National Constituent Assembly moved to abolish the futile system entirely and other privileges of the nobility.

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man - This led to France becoming a “Republic.” The declaration says that all men (not women or children) will be treated equally.

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Clergy instructed to swear allegiance to France

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King Louis XVI accepts new constitution were his powers are limited

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Was followed by Napoleon's rule and decades of governments alternating between monarchy and democracy

Was characterized by multiple constitutions and governments

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