may 5, 1789 - Louis the XVI calls the Estate General
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The French were in dept due to the spending of nobles. Louis the XIV spent lots of money on the arts, and by doing this he raised taxes to make up for it. Also bad harvest caused the cost of food to rise. This left lots of people unemployed, in poverty, and hungry.
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