1789 - The revolution begins

Lesson 10:  Background to the calling of the Estates-General - hunger, cold and high bread prices +  the famous pamplet from Abbe Sieyes ' What is the 3rd estate'     https://youtu.be/msNNvMQ1Baw

Lesson 11:  We look at the structure of the Estates-General, why it collapses and the implications for the power of the King.  https://youtu.be/tPfABPj7pGA

Lesson 12:  The fall of the Bastille, the great fear and the August Decrees.  https://youtu.be/7AM_j8kZd-8

Image courtesy of: Isidore-Stanislaus Helman (1743-1806) and Charles Monnet (1732-1808), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons