MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Parliament of France
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National Assembly
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Estates General
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Estates Committee
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Estates General was a body consisting of the representatives of the three estates.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Third Estate was made up of everyone else, from peasant farmers to the bourgeoisie – the wealthy business class. While the Second Estate was only 1% of the total population of France, the Third Estate was 96%, and had none of the rights and priviliges of the other two estates.
Detailed explanation-3: -The political body of France was called Estates-General which comprised of First, Second and Third Estates. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Estates General was a political body to which the three estates sent their representatives.