MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Members of the first estate played a major role in both groups.
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Members of the second estate played a major role in both groups.
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Members of the third estate played a major role in both groups.
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Members of all three estates played a major role in both groups.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A. Both groups included large numbers of members from every estate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The Third Estate formed the National Assembly because they realized that the other two estates, the nobles and the clergy, would combine interests in the Estates General to vote that the Third Estate should shoulder the greatest tax burden for Louis XVI’s new taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The National Assembly was primarily different from the Estates-General in that it was composed of the French revolutionaries, while the Estates-General was supposed to be a broad representation of the French people themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -King Louis XVI, aware of the injustices of the French tax policy, tried to reform the tax code to make it more fair, but was repeatedly thwarted by the overrepresented nobles and clergy. This angered the Third Estate, which refused to vote in the Estates General, and formed instead the National Assembly.
Detailed explanation-5: -Estate General was the general assembly that represented the three estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate).