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__**Causes of the French Revolution:**__

These are the main topics of the causes of the french revolution that angered the society of france. Political and Social Inequalities: common people made up the third, but sence the nobles and clergy could easily outvote the common people who eventually became discontented with the privileged classes.
 * 1) The common people did not have power and freedom in politics.
 * 2) They worked very hard and still had to pay heavy taxes.
 * 3) The nobles and clergy made up the first and second estates as the

__**Bankruptcy of the Government:**__ King Louis XVI was very unresponsible with his money and relized that he had spent to much a little to late. His successors didn't cut down any expenses which made him more indebt which also failed to inprove his financial situation. Anyone that tried to help him by introducing financial reforms like the ministers he would dismiss. The goverment became bankrupt in 1789 due to Louis XIV poor actions and choices he made withouth thinking about anyone else.

__**Influence of the Enlightenment and the American Revolution**__ The ideas and writings of Enlightenment thinkers like Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau became widespread. The French people were inspired to go against their king becuase of how the Enlightenment thinkers voiced their opinion on how everyone should have their own free rights. The french people were also more inspired to go against their king because the king dissagreed for them to have their own rights as a goverment. The suucess of the Americans to overthrow British rule encouraged the French to fight for their freedom.

__**Outbreak of revolution 1789**__ When Louis XVI finally called the Estates General to solve financial problems, the Third Estate did not agree with the unfair system of the Estates General. They formed the National Assembly to make a constitution. People were afraid that the king would suppress the National Assembly. They were also discontented that the king dismissed Necker, the popular Finance Minister. The hungry Parisians, who suffered from bad harvest, burst out their anger by attacking the Bastille prison (for political prisoners). The Fall of Bastille started the French Revolution. It spread out to other parts of France.