MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Jacobin
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National Assembly
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Bastille
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Estates General
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The commoners were represented by the third estate in the Estates-General. The Estates-General was composed of three estates, or groups representing sectors of French society: the nobility, the clergy, and the commoners.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1789, in a desperate attempt to address France’s economic crisis, Louis XVI assembled the Estates-General, a national assembly that represented the three “estates” of the French people–the nobles, the clergy, and the commons.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -But their proposal was rejected by the king, therefore On 20th June, the representatives of the third estate assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles where they declared themselves a National Assembly.