The French Revolution was caused by the social changes following the enlightenment. The three classes (The clergy,Nobility, and Everyone else). The Third Class absorbed many of the Enlightenment ideas(Democracy, Freedom)and wanted to put them in place. The French people wanted more representation in the estates general since they only got one vote yet the 2%(the Nobles/Clergy)Of the population got two votes. On the 14th of July the French people stormed The Bastile. Bastile had many weapons and amunition, The bastile was also a symbol of the tyranny within the monarch.
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