MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempted to escape France to gather a foreign army, invade, and destroy the Revolution.
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News reached Paris that Louis XVI had held a party of Versailles where the revolutionary cockade was trampled on underfoot.
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The Paris Parlement declared that the coming Estates General must meet and vote as it did back in 1614.
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During the economic crisis, wealthy people in French society began stockpiling and hoarding grain and bread.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Estates General of 1614 proved the last for over a century and a half. A new convocation had indeed been announced to take place on the majority of Louis XIII, and letters were even issued in view of the elections, but this ended in nothing.
Detailed explanation-2: -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).
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Louis XVI called an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes on 5th May 1789. The Estates General represented the French estates in the realm. This law was brought to an end when the Third Estate was formed and created in the National Assembly.