would define your legal rights. This is the first stage of what Crane Briton said; he said that there had to be societal unrest. This was the case in France as the spark for the starting of the unrest, was a financial crisis. This was the richest country, and yet the government went bankrupt. Many think that the financial crisis was based on when Louis built his cousins a wonderful palace, called the palace of Versailles. Louis did this, because he was worried that they would overthrow him, so he made a deal with them that they could live there, and they would eat, and sleep for free. This however was not the reason for this crisis, the real reason, was that Louis XIV fought many wars and the tax money was not enough to pay for all the expenses. So what he did was he borrowed money from the rich people, and this is what built up the loans in France. Other countries like Great Britain and The Netherlands had the same problem, but the taxes were enough to pay off their debts. This did not work for France however, as the 1st and 2nd Estate did not pay their taxes. The social unrest was the unfairness between the 2nd and 3rd Estate. The 1st Estate insisted that they could not ask the church to pay taxes, and would feel insulted at being asked to, because they felt that they were being put down to the 3rd Estates level. People were hired to try to solve the problems in France. One of them, a man called Calonne, said that they needed a represented government. He proposed that all lands should be taxed no matter who owned it. And there should be a parliament represented by all estates. He also said that the only way to change taxation in France would be threw an Estate General. Even Louis XIV agreed with this. This is when the next stage of the revolution was to take place.
             Crane Britain said that the next thing that happens is that splinter groups start to form. The king organised a reunion, in which all three estates sent people, and ...