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France participated in costly wars throughout the 1700s

The country was pushed into bankruptcy

King Louis XVI raised taxes to solve the economic problem

The French monarchy had very expensive lifestyle, Versailles palace would have cost about 2 billion dollars

The 3rd estate was very angry at the king and the monarchy for raising taxes and having a very expensive lifestyle.

This anger would help spark the revolution and would fuel the violence during the revolution.

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French Economic Crisis- Modern Day Correlation: Covid Economic Impact

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French Economic Crisis- Modern Day Correlation: Covid Economic Impact

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While the economic impact of Covid-19 did not cause a revolution both Instances have included a weakened economy.

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Volcanoes, droughts, and harsh winters all contributed to poor harvests

These conditions hurt wheat storage and harvests

Poor harvests caused bread and flour prices to skyrocket

Working-class french citizens couldn't get food because of the high prices

People started getting mad at King Louis XVI for not solving the food crisis

This eventually lead to the imprisonment of King Louis XVI and his family

This bread shortage helped many citizens understand the need for a revolution and helped expand the ideals of the revolution

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Poor Harvests-Modern Day Correlation: Recent Poor Harvests in North Dakota.

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Poor Harvests-Modern Day Correlation: Recent Poor Harvests in North Dakota.

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Although these recent Poor Wheat Harvests over the summer have not caused a revolution they are still similar to the 1787-1789 because in both instances the crop has been very poor.

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French Population was divided into 3 estates

Each Estate had different rights

1st Estate was 0.5% of the population and was made up of Priests and Bishops

2nd Estate was 1.5% of the population and made up of French Nobility

3rd estate was 98% of the population and made up of normal working-class people like merchants and workers

The 3rd estate grew angry that they were taxed the most of the 3 estates

the 3rd estate was also angry because they had little representation in government

This anger would eventually lead to the 3rd estate creating the National Assembly which would cause the outbreak of revolution

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Estate System-Modern Day Correlation: Class System

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Estate System-Modern Day Correlation: Class System

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While their is not a rights gap in modern day classes, modern times still have different classes based on wage and amount of money.

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The storming of the Bastille was a violent and gruesome event that showcases how violent and cruel these things were. This mob freed 7 prisoners and killed a governor who surrendered to the mob.

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Jean-Paul Marat was a French Author who greatly contributed to the fear and violence of this time. This man wrote "Friend of the People", a journal that told people to take from the rich. This Journal caused a lot of violence toward rich people and only increased the fear of this time.

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Radical group who wreaked havoc during this dark time. This group took power quickly and violently, hated the nobles, and even took the royal family captive. This only caused even more violence toward the wealthy people and government people.

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This event signaled the end of the French Revolution, when the military general napoleon overthrew the corrupt directory. The French people loved their new leader.

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This French defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington ultimately caused napoleon to be exiled to the island of Elba and then the island of Saint Helena. After his exile a new french government would be established.

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After Napoleon was exiled, Louis XVI's brother Louis XVIII took the throne. He wasn't very popular and reintroduced the monarchy into France. If the whole reason to start the revolution was to get rid of the monarchy even though it ended with monarchy and a relative of the king having power, what was the point of all this death and destruction if they just ended the same way it started?