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This website explains the rise and origin of the bourgeoise http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/society/bourgeoisie-origins-rise.html

The Estates-General were firstly designed as an advisory body to the king.

However, by 1789; Delegates of the Third Estate had to pay taxes and they wore black robes and had to enter the meeting hall by a side door, which is a heavy insult to them.

As equality began to favor the first and second estates; the Third Estate became more convinced of its entitlement to liberty. Seeing that neither the king nor the other estates would comply. The Third Estate began to organize within itself and recruit actively from the other estates. On June 1789, the Third Estate officially broke away from the Estates-General In so doing, it also granted itself control over taxation. They then called themselves as the //National Assembly,// and had numerous supporters from other estates. The National Assembly played an important part of the French Revolution.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Regime_and_the_Revolution This Wikipedia site explains the significance of the Old Regime.

http://bastille-day.com/history/Economic-Cause This article explicates the several economic factors that lead to the revolution.

http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/National-Assembly-French-Revolution.pdf This article explains the National Assembly and how it formed. media type="youtube" key="cMfrmVBbzFM" width="420" height="315" Explains visually how the French Revolution Started