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Once upon a time long ago, there was a king of a land named France. His 

name was Louis XVI and he wasn't a very good king but he held all the 

power in the land. He didn't pay any attention to his people and he married a 

princess who was the enemy of France. This upset many of the people who 

lived in France. 

The French people were already mad because most of them were 

a part of the 3rd Estate, which was the poor people, and they had 

no power over anything. They had no money, they couldn't marry 

anyone richer, the had no say in what happened in their 

government, and they had to pay really high taxes.

Life was hard for the French people, the weather turned really bad so they 

couldn't grow food to sell, the king raised taxes even more, and passed laws 

that were unfair to the people. The French decided that they were tired of 

it and were finally going to do something about it.

During this time, there was a thing called the Enlightenment where 

people started to think more and get ideas. The American Revolution 

had just happened and it seemed to work for them.The poor people of 

France decided to end the king having power over everything and met on 

a tennis court and wrote a constitution that gave them rights and 

freedom. 

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