HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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the Estates had three houses instead of two
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the Estates had power over the king
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Estates can’t collect taxes
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in England the king was in charge
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The Estates General was different from a parliament because it was not a legislative body. A parliament makes laws for the country, but the Estates General had no law-making authority. Instead, it was a consultative body for the King of France.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Answer and Explanation: The National Assembly was primarily different from the Estates-General in that it was composed of the French revolutionaries, while the Estates-General was supposed to be a broad representation of the French people themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Three Estates The France of King Louis XVI was a country divided. French society comprised three Estates, the aristocracy, the clergy and the bourgeoisie and working classes, over which the King had absolute sovereignty.