Chapter 17 pg504-507

The French Revolution was in the 1789-1815. Thousands of french people had fought for the American revolutionaries.  The French government was going into bankruptcy, and they attempted to make a modern and fair system, but the rich class opposed this. King Louie XVI called the Estates General in efforts to raise new taxes. In 1789 the Estate general convened, and the third estate representative broke loose and declared themselves a National Assembly.