The causes of which were the debt crisis, the texts that changed history, the harsh climate/expensive bread and the indecisions of Louis VXI. The debt crisis has occurred since the time of King Louis XIV. France was spending beyond its means and without banks. Financing the American Revolution which brought the French government to the brink of collapse. Interest payments on the national debt reached 50% of state revenue, starting a budget crisis in 1787. The situation worsened in the summer of 1788 and to change the system Louis had to call the French national representative assembly long ago abandoned, the States General. , back in session. Two texts that changed history for a short-term cause, the first was a series of government-commissioned reports, the cahiers de doleances (complaint notebooks). Then there was the second important text which was Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes' pamphlet, "What is the Third Estate?" written and published in the winter of 1788-1789. Both were important texts that contributed to inflaming revolutionary sentiment. Then there was the third major short-term cause: harsh weather and expensive bread. This brief important period was the winter of 1788-1789, known as a bad winter. This winter was so bad that in July 1788 freak hailstorms destroyed crops throughout France. After the storms, a drought followed which made the situation worse. Later he arrived