nment also caused the revolution. The revolution introduced democracy to France but it did not make the nation democratic. The Third Estate had wanted each estate to vote separately so they would have less of a chance of being outvoted, insisting for the three estates to unite into one national assembly, and wanted the Estate General to write a constitution. The king refused the demands of the Third Estate, especially the National Assembly one. In June 1789, representatives declared the Third Estate the National Assembly with the Tennis Court Oath. Forcibly the king made the first two estates join the Third Estate as the National Assembly. The French Revolution started on July 14, 1789 from the storming of the Bastille. Clearly, the French Revolution had begun with a huge financial crisis and then the political causes contributed. During the 1700’s financiers and banks wanted more economical and efficient ways of using labour because doing almost everything by hand was too expensive. The Industrial Revolution began in 1750 in Great Britain because new methods of manufacturing goods were being developed. When the new methods were being developed many people moved to live in the cities for work. This led to everyone working together as once big group, which made everything faster, easier and cheaper. Before, manufacturing was only done by hand or simple machines and it was only done at home or at workshops. People who worked at the workshops had to do the work mostly independently, which took more time, effort and money. The industries and factories grew very quickly are there were new machines in most industries. The Textile Industry used the new spinning and weaving machines. These machines made making cloth and anything made out of cloth faster, less work and cheaper. Development of the steam engine led to steam being the major source of energy. The Iron and Coal Industries were very busy for the steam engine ne...
