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The Old Regime
Under this system the people of France were divided into three large social classes. -
Economic Troubles
France's once prosperous economy was in decline. -
Bread
The price of bread went up and many people died of starvation. -
Estates general
an assembly of representatives from all three estates having a meeting, the meeting that was the first in 175 years was held on this day -
The National Assembly
They voted to establish the national assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government -
The mob
In a Paris prison there was a mob searching for gunpowder and arms stormed for Bastille. -
The great fear
Everyone went in to a senseless panic, thousands of Parisian women rioted over the rising of bread. -
King Louis XVI
He was the king of France from 1774 until his deposition in 1792.
