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FRENCH REVOLUTION

CAUSES
1. Heavy taxation on 3rd estate
  1. People unhappy with ruling
  2. Deficit Spending from King Louis XVI
LEADERS
1. King Louis XVI
  1. France
2. Joseph II
  1. Austria
3. Catherine the Great
  1. Russia
4. Frederick the Great
  1. Prussia
MAIN EVENTS
1. Rumors of the "Great Fear" spread
  1. Women marched to Versailles; demanded bread
    1. The Tennis Court Oath; June 20, 1789
      1. 1. Continuously meet
      2. 2. Create fair/just constitution
      3. 3. Rename themselves "The National Assembly"
  2. Storming of the Bastille
SOCIAL CLASSES
1. Clergy
  1. Nobles
    1. Peasants

FRENCH REVOLUTION

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