SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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they wanted to form a treaty with the third estate
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they wanted to keep, secure, and extend their power
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they wanted to go to war with England
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they wanted to excommunicate various bishops
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In 1789, the King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General. It was the first meeting of the Estates General called since 1614. He called the meeting because the French government was having financial problems.
Detailed explanation-3: -The last Estates-General before the French Revolution was held in 1614. It was not convened during the 72-year reign of Louis XIV, who considered it unnecessary in an age of absolute monarchical power. It was also not summoned by his successor, Louis XV.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Estates-General of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France’s financial problems. It ended when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution.