Taxes were implemented on the people of the 18th century because of contibutions to the war and court luxuries.
Tennis Court Oath
The periodic crises took great shots at the people. Bad harvests,a slowdown in manufacturing,risisng food prices, Starvation became a big factor and now the people are beginning to fully starve
Storming the Bastille
Enlightenment ideas were a key part of the revolution, as to why the revolution was fought. Ideas such as a new formed heigharchy ,The Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Women's March to Versallies
A meeting of action was called by the king. The voting system is alll sorts of flawed because the Third Esate had only one vote as a whole that easily outnumbered the Third Estate. . The doors locked, they swore they wouldnt leave til they had eqality.
The Third Estate stormed the Bastille.King Louis XVI refused the concerns of his people. The people wanted more of a voice. On July 14th, they demanded that Governor de Launay surrender the prison and gun powder.
On October, 1789, women wanted bread for their families, they rounded up women mostly and some men to march to Versailles. The king agreed to distribute bread to them and their families.