What happened before the French society in the years before the French Revolution?

Royal court spent too much. France was too indepted. France supported American independence against the British (also expensive) and lost its colony New France (Treaty of Paris, 1763). Immediately before the revolution poverty was extreme because of the climate (harsh winter).

Explanation: There were many external factors that worsened condition of common people in France (the Third state).

ww1 weapons: tank. tanks were used for the first time in the first world war at the battle of the somme. they were developed to cope with the conditions on the western front. the first tank was called 'little willie' and needed a crew of 3.