French Revolution in Two Minutes

“Alright, while this parkour runs, here’s the French Revolution in under

two minutes.” “By 1789, France is a mess. The country is deep in debt,

food prices are skyrocketing, and the tax system is wildly unfair. The First Estate—clergy—and

Second Estate—nobles—pay almost nothing. The Third Estate, basically everyone else,

pays everything. Add Enlightenment ideas about rights and equality, and people are ready

to snap.” “The king calls the Estates-General, but the Third Estate gets fed up and

forms the National Assembly. They take the Tennis Court Oath, promising a constitution.

Paris erupts, storms the Bastille, and the Revolution officially begins. The National Assembly