MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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they created the National Assembly and ended the absolute monarchy
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theyarrested the king
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theyleft the meeting and refused to participate in the voting
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none of these are true
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Louis XVI tried to halt the actions of the third estate by commanding an end to the Estates-General and forcing each estate to separate. Famously, the National Assembly responded by moving their discussions to the nearby tennis court where they took the “Tennis Court Oath”.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the first issues that came up at the Estates General was how they would vote. The king said that each estate would vote as a body (each estate would get 1 vote). The members of the Third Estate did not like this. It meant that they could always be outvoted by the much smaller First and Second Estates.
Detailed explanation-4: -The people of the Third Estate revolted and put the French Revolution into action because after King Louis 16th called the Estates General for the purpose of raising taxes, the First and Second Estates (that is, the nobility and the clergy) voted together to levy the new taxes on the common people of the Third Estate.