`bb(CLOZE)` `bb(TEST)` : In 1776, the British government was faced (0)_____ a major revolution in its American colonies. King Louis XVI of France, recognising (33)_____ as an opportunity to regain some of the ground (34)_____ in the Seven Years War, (35)_____ France in the conflict. In military terms, the intervention was successful; in financial terms it was a disaster. The French government, always (36)_____ financial straits, was now unable to function. The shortfall could (37)_____ longer be met by the time-honoured device of increasing taxes on (38)_____ poor, but those able to pay (39)_____ only be taxed with their (40)_____ consent. Members of the aristocracy recognised an opportunity (41)_____ winning concession from the monarchy in (42)_____ for money and they insisted that Louis should recall the French parliament, the Estates General, (43)_____ had not met for 150 years. Since the time of the Frondes, French kings had been acutely aware (44)_____ the dangers of uprisings (45)_____ the poor, who remained unrepresented in the National Assembly. There was unrest in (46)_____ parts of the countryside, where chateaux were attacked and hated rent books burned. The most immediate danger came (47)_____ the poor of Paris, and indeed on 14th July the mob stormed the Bastille, and the revolution began.