THE CAUSES OF THE WAR

DIVIDED THE POPULATION INTO 3 ESTATES

THE FIRST ESTATE

THE SECOND ESTATE

THE THIRD ESTATE AND THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION

LIBERAL SOCIETY COULD FLOURISH WITH FREE COMMERCE

CHALLENGED THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO RULE

APPEALED TO BOURGEOISIE GRIEVANCES

KING LOUIS XVI WAS A WEAK KING WHO COULDN'T MAKE DECISIONS

CARED MORE ABOUT HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS THAN THE COURT'S

MADE ALL OF HIS DECISIONS FOR HIM AND STRONGLY INFLUENCED HIM

KING LOUIS XVI LEFT FRANCE IN A LOT OF DEBT AND HEAVY INTEREST

A TON OF THE COUNTRY'S MONEY WAS SPENT ON COURTS

MONEY WAS ALSO BLOWN ON WARS

THE COUNTRY HAD A STRONG NEED FOR TAX REFORM

NOBLES REFUSED TO GIVE UP THEIR TAX CONCESSIONS

PEASANTS AND BOURGEOISIE HAD TO PAY ALL THE TAXES

TROOPS AND SUPPLIES WERE SENT TO AID AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES

REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS STARTED TO FORM

LIBERAL FREEDOMS FOR EVERYONE

A REPUBLIC IS MORE SUPERIOR TO A MONARCHY

TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST TYRANNY

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION