The French Revolution had a major impact on Frances society. Revolutions can be contagious; the American Revolution inspired the French in their revolution. Many conditions led up to the French Revolution. Political, social, and economical conditions caused anger and rage to people of the third class. The views of the Enlightenment inspired new ways of government and ways of living to society. The storming of Bastille on July 14, 1789, was the first step to the revolution. An important cause to the French revolution was impact of economics and how they lived. The third class did not like the absolute monarchy which they where ruled under. They did not think it’s right for them to be dirt poor and King Louis XIV and Queen Marie Antoinette to live in …show more content…
“A High-Maintenance King” (Doc.1) “No expense is too great” King Louis XIV took around 1.5 billion dollars from Frances treasury to build the Place of Versailles where he and his queen can live in luxury. The king also wasted money on items for the palace. He had a bathtub build out of priceless Languedoc marble. Another reason the people of the Third Estate did not like the King and Queen is because when no one was able to afford to buy bread. Queen Antoinette said, “There’s no bread… Let them eat cake.” “Bread Riots in France” 0. Browning, Dispatches from Paris (Doc.5) shows that the rising in the price of bread made the citizens of the third class mad. On November 27, 1788 when the price of bread rose and the bakers had to shut down shops and public magazines of wheat have been broken open a pillaged. Then on December 11, 1788 when the price of bread rose again. It was cold and the people where hungry so it was robberies happened frequently and it was no longer safe for people to walk the streets at night. Travels in