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France was the most advanced country of Europe.
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The old regime remained in place.
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France governtment sank into debts. because theextravagant spending of Louis xvi and his queen Marie Antoinette.
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France economy was in decline. In addition thebad weather cused widespread crop failures.
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the price of bread doubled and people suffer starvation.
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The first meeting of Estates General was in Versailles.
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It was the voting to establish the National Assembly and proclaiming the end of the monarchy and the beginning of representative goverment.
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Mob searching for gunpowder and arms stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison. That day is known as Bastille Day
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Thousands of parisian women rioted over the rising price of bread.
