USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Third Estate rebelled and declared themselves the ____
A
French Parliament
B
The Congress of France
C
The National Assembly
D
The Directory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On June 17, with the failure of efforts to reconcile the three estates, the Third Estate declared themselves redefined as the National Assembly, an assembly not of the estates but of the people.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -It represented the great majority of the people, and its deputies’ transformation of themselves into a National Assembly in June 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Estates-General had not been assembled since 1614, and its deputies drew up long lists of grievances and called for sweeping political and social reforms. The Third Estate, which had the most representatives, declared itself the National Assembly and took an oath to force a new constitution on the king.

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