... the government was bankrupt. No would or could lend money. they could not even raise or collect taxes, so the king was forced to call the general estate. However the assembly had not meet since 1614. they were the repersenitives of the tree estates. So the king then hoped that the meeting would help, and he could raise taxes. But people were left with all sorts of problems, and so on a hot day in July (14th) patience of Paris workers finally cracked and the Bastille was stormed and destroyed . all around France peasant had also taken law into their own hand s an so the revolution had begun. So when the revolution had ended, many historians believed that France was made a fairer country, for all estates and classes, not everyone agreed with the fairer changes but most believed the changes were better and helped allot of ...

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