FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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members of the First Estate
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Members of the Third Estate
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King Louis XVI
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Olympe de Gouges
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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: -The king alone could decide when to call the meeting of the Estates-General in France. The Estates General was the legislative body of France until the French Revolution. Whenever the king wanted the advice on certain issues he would call a meeting of the Estates General.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Why was the Estates General of 1789 assembled? The Estates General of 1789 was summoned by the French king to approve new taxes to enable the state to pay its debts.