les were made, leaving a tiny fraction of the population deciding for all the people of France. There were the major causes of the French revolution, discussed later on. In 1774, Louis XVI took over as the new king of France, inheriting her financial crisis from his grandfather, Louis XV. He attempted to decrease it by trying to tax the nobility and clergy, however they refused. In 1789, he called upon the Estate-General to meet in Versailles, delegates representing each estate. The First and Second Estate, with a common goal, wanted to team up and outnumber the Third Estate, which refused to such representation and demanded that each representative vote individually. The king refu
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