USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The representatives of all three estates were to present their grievances to the king. The representation was not proportional to the population of each estate. The third estate represented over 98 per cent of the population, but the other two estates could outvote them because of the disproportional representation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Third Estate was at the very bottom of French society. It represented diverse economic classes that ranged from poor peasants to wealthy businessmen. All individuals in this estate were forced to pay taxes, even while they were denied access to rights, privileges, and political influence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Regardless of their property and wealth, members of the Third Estate were subject to inequitable taxation and were politically disregarded by the Ancien Régime. This exclusion contributed to rising revolutionary sentiment in the late 1780s.