Why did France have a revolution in 1789?

On 4th of May 1789 the French king, Louis XVI, called the Estates General, in an attempt to rescue France’s ailing fortunes. This set the ball rolling down the road to revolution. The causes of the revolution had not appeared over night but were the result of many years of poor governing. This was the last straw, and on the 14th of July the patience of the Parisian workers hit boiling point and the Bastille was stormed, it was demolished brick by brick, around the country other peasants had had enough and were also revolting, this marked the beginning of the French revolution. By the end of the revolution France would emerge as a democracy, run by the people, for people, and the feudal system would have been abolished. Nobles would have been stripped of their powers and privileges, and the king would have been beheaded.

Long-term political woes played a part in the French revolution. In France before 1789 the system of government was an absolute monarchy and the French people...