“The French Revolution was a series of events that changed the course of history and had a profound impact on the world we live in today.” – Barack Obama

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Paris, France – this was where it all started. After the death of the beloved and majestic king Louis XIV, the grand state of France already began to go downhill. When the gear of time arrived 1899, France was already a kingdom full of debts and conflicts because of external war supports and internal unbalanced society. Externally, because that France had funded the American Revolution for a long time, the money of the government was gradually ran out. On the other hand, internally, the French social system was also facing great challenges. The old French society was divided to three Estates: The First and Second Estates of nobles, and the Third Estate of peasants. The noble estates had privileges, such as remitting taxes, while the Third Estates of the peasants farmed and suffered all the time. This social system was called the “Old Regime”. As time passed with France under the Old Regime, the peasant members of the Third Estates slowly become more and more dissatisfied and angered. It seems that things have reached a critical point, and the outbreak of the revolution was only one fuse away – and that blasting fuse finally arrived – in May 1789, in Versailles, in the conference hall of the Estate General…

Video made by Lucas, Thomas and Benjamin.