HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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The Supreme Court of the United States.
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The U.S. Congress.
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The National Council of Churches.
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The United Nations.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobility (the Second Estate), and commoners (the Third Estate). A general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate).
Detailed explanation-3: -The revolutionary assembly formed by members of the Third Estate on 17 June 1789 when they failed to gain the support of the whole of the French States-General.