MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Directory
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National Convention
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Estates General
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Tennis Court Oath
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) existed June 1789 to July 1789. It was a revolutionary assembly formed from by the representative of the Third Estate of the Estates-General. The Estates-General was to be made up of representatives of the entire realm divided by three Estates.
Detailed explanation-4: -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).