Introduction: France in 1700s |
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| Boy I sure wish life wasn't so hard! | |
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| We barely have enough food to survive, yet King Louis has so much! | |
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The meeting of the Estates General |
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| The three estates will meet at the Palace of Versaille to solve this financial crisis. We are the first estate, and the nobility is the 2nd estate! | |
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| We are the commoners, which make up the vast majority of the Third Estate. We want democracy, but this vote by order does not seem like our voices are heard! | |
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The Storming of the Bastille |
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| The gaurds are set up to protect the walls of the Bastille to hold prisoners and gunpowder. | |
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| On July, 14, 1789 we, the commoners of France will have to revolt on the French government if they do not support our democratic efforts at solving France's third Estate! | |
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