HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Napoleon became emperor of France
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man was issued
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Louis XVI called the Estates General into session
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The Committee of Public Safety led the Reign of Terror
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Estates General didn’t meet regularly and had no real power. France was on verge of collapse and needed tax reforms therefore on 5th May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General. It was the first meeting of the Estates General called since 1614.
Detailed explanation-2: -Louis XVI called an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes on 5th May 1789. The Estates General represented the French estates in the realm. This law was brought to an end when the Third Estate was formed and created in the National Assembly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before the revolution in France, a time known as the Ancien Regime, society was divided into three distinct classes, known as the Three Estates. The First Estate was the clergy, who were people, including priests, who ran both the Catholic church and some aspects of the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -In desperation at the financial crisis, King Louis XVI summoned a so-called Estates General in 1789 to approve new taxation. This was a representative body that had not met since 1614, but once it had been called, it developed a momentum of its own.
Detailed explanation-5: -First, the Estates General and King Louis XVI could not agree on what tax reform should look like. This caused bitterness between both sides, and the Estates General came to distrust the king’s intentions. As a result, they started plotting to set up a constitutional monarchy in France.