MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The king had attempted to collect taxes from the clergy and the nobles, but they refused to pay.
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The king, the clergy, and the nobles were upset that the 3rd Estate refused to pay any taxes.
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The clergy and nobility were happily paying their share of the taxes for the country.
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The king attempted to have only the Bourgeoisie pay taxes at the request of the clergy and nobility.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A centralised administrative system was put in place and it formulated uniform laws for all citizens within its territory. Hence, Statement 3 is correct. Internal customs duties and dues were abolished and a uniform system of weights and measures was adopted.
Detailed explanation-2: -Finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles on June 20 and thinking that the king was forcing them to disband, they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court (salle du jeu de paume). There they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France.
Detailed explanation-3: -Summoned by King Louis XVI, the Estates General of 1789 ended when the Third Estate formed the National Assembly and, against the wishes of the King, invited the other two estates to join. This signaled the outbreak of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The constitution amended Louis XVI’s title from “King of France” to “King of the French”. This implied that the king’s power emanated from the people and the law, not from divine right or national sovereignty.