HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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It was the first meeting in 175 years
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It discussed reform in taxes
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Each order (estate) received one vote which made voting unfair
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The 1st and 2nd Estate agreed to be taxed
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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: -The first estate was the clergy; the second estate, the nobility, and the third estate the commoners.
Detailed explanation-3: -France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was not considered part of any estate.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First and Second Estates enjoyed certain privileges that the Third Estate did not. Firstly, although they were the richest, they did not have to pay taxes. They were also the only members in society who could hold positions of importance such as Officers in the military.