MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Estates General
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National Convention
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House of Representatives
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Senate
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the storming of the Bastille on July 14, the National Assembly (sometimes called the Constituent Assembly) became the effective government of France.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Estates-General (in French, États Généraux) was a representative assembly in Old Regime France. Its purpose was to advise the King, primarily on financial matters. The assembly was composed of representatives from all Three Estates.
Detailed explanation-4: -National Assembly, French Assemblée Nationale, any of various historical French parliaments or houses of parliament. From June 17 to July 9, 1789, it was the name of the revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the Third Estate; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on Sept.