The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...
The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... students might assess how far they agree with the narrator's summary of revolutions from 9 minutes 37 seconds to the end.
but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.