This Estates General and its circumstances were what finally made the revolution to come to life by giving it the opportunity to do so. The Third Estate was put into the position to demand rights it has been longing for and the position to form itself into a group that can and should have influence and power, as they believed themselves to be. Again it was what came out of the crisis combined with other circumstances rather than the crisis itself that led to the revolutionary act; although the factor of the bad economic situation gained importance later on in the revolution when it helped to mobilize the nation.
For Ireland there is to be said that Ireland also had economic problems which roused parts of the Irish population already in 1778. But after the removal of the commercial restrictions in 1779 the focus of the conflict between Ireland and England or better the catholic and native population of Ireland and England turned on other issues as for example the Penal laws or the limitations on the powers of the Irish parliament.
REVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT:.
As the revolutions did not occur at the same time, at different places and different societies the ideological background and the state of political thinking were in some ways different although the ideas were in at least the ones of the nineteenth century quite alike; As the previous revolutions had naturally a certain impact and provided also a certain background for the following ones. .
The English revolution was very much a conflict between the king and the aristocracy represented in the House of Lords. James II challenged with his actions and decisions and by trying to impose a new parliament the influence of the aristocracy and the present parliament whose ancestors had fought for their share of power which was handed over from generation to generation guarded as a precious treasure. He also tried to impose his religious ideas on his subjects in a way that none of the sides was pleased and most of them turned against him.