MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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each Estate got one vote
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every delegate got one vote
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the first issues that came up at the Estates General was how they would vote. The king said that each estate would vote as a body (each estate would get 1 vote). The members of the Third Estate did not like this. It meant that they could always be outvoted by the much smaller First and Second Estates.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to its edicts, the Estates-General was to follow the customs of the last assembly held in 1614. By following this form and procedures, the Estates-General would vote by order instead of by head (and the Third’s representation would remain equal to the other estates).
Detailed explanation-3: -The members of the third estate wanted a change. They wanted a system where each member would have one vote. When this proposal was rejected by the King, the members of the third estate walked out from assembly as a mark of protest.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Estates General of 1789 (French: États Généraux de 1789) was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate).