pass or veto laws that the King put forward. But the King continued to reflect the interests of the first and second estates. This caused a lot of mistrust and discontent within the third estate. The King made reforms but they were still beneficial to the upper classes. The Bourgeoisie stormed out of the meeting and made a stand against the King and the aristocracy in the tennis court next door. The King got rid of the Estates-General. The Bourgeoisie saw this as more support for the privileged class by the king. They realised that even though they had a say in government through the Estates-General they still couldnt change things. They received support for their stand from the Sans Culottes and some nobles. Demonstrations caused the King to reopen the Estates-General. The Bourgeoisie took control of the third estates interests and had the majority when voting by head was introduced. The Bourgeoisie was now on the road to getting power and getting rid of Privileges. Poverty played no part in the events and issues surrounding the Estate-General, it was fuelled by the Kings continuing support for the Privileged class that put the middle class on the road to revolution. The French Revolution was a middle class uprising. It was an uprising against the privileges that were crippling the middle classes rise to social, economic and political power. It was caused as a reaction against privileges but was fuelled by greed for power and money by the Bourgeoisie, not to solve the poverty in which thousands of French people lived. This was seen after the revolution when the rich Bourgeoisie and the land owning Bourgeoisie held the same level of power and influence the nobility had before 1789. The French Revolution was a struggle between the Bourgeoisie and the Privileged class. To gain the economic, social and political power they deserved and desired the Bourgeoisie had to get rid of the Aristocracy and the privileges attached to them, because t...
