"as the public mood darkened, a meeting of the assembly of notables (the clergy, aristocrats and magistrates) failed to sort out the financial crisis, prompting king louis xvi to convene the estates general, an elected national assembly, for the first time in 150 years. the meeting at versailles degenerated into confusion, however, prompting the king to sack his financial minister, jacques necker, and call out the army. ultimately, it was at the cafe du foy, on the afternoon of july 12, 1789, that a young lawyer named camille desmoulins set the french revolution in motion. crowds had gathered in the nearby gardens of the palais royal, and tensions rose as the news of necker’s dismissal spread, since he was the only government official trusted by the people. revolutionaries stoked fears that the army would soon descend to massacre the crowd. desmoulins leaped onto a table outside the cafe, brandishing a pistol and shouting "to arms, citizens! to arms! " his cry was taken up, and paris quickly descended into chaos; the bastille was stormed by an angry mob two days later."
the french revolution is most similar to which other political revolution, in that they were set in motion by the bottom strata of the society?
a. american revolution
b. latin american revolution(s)
c. haitian revolution
d. industrial revolution