MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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An assembly that represents the wealthy through estates
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An assembly that represents the French population through estates.
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An assembly that represents the nobles through estates
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 ). It was the last of the Estates General of the Kingdom of France .
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The Estates-General was an assembly comprising the clergy of the French nobles and the middle class. It was in 1614 that the Estates-General was last called. Before the French Revolution, which took place in 1789, the general assembly was recognized as the Estates-General.
Detailed explanation-3: -The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Estates-General, also known as States General or États-Généraux, was the representational assembly of the three “estates, ” or orders of the realm, in pre-Revolutionary France: the clergy (First Estate), nobility (Second Estate), and the Third Estate, which represented the mass of the people.