Members of the third estate played a major role in both groups
Members of the third estate played a major role in both groups.
Both groups included large numbers of members from the third estate.
the estate general and the English parliament are not the same.
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The estates general had 3 estates, commoners, clergy, and nobility. Parliament had 2, commoners and nobility. More important, the estates general had given the king the ability to levy taxes. Parliament never gave the king that authority. As a result the British Parliament met constantly because the king always needed money. The estates general stopped meeting after it gave the king the power to levy taxes. When things became a total mess and the laws needed to be changed, then King Louis xvi had to call a meeting of the Estates General. At that point things got out of hand and the French Revolution started.
The French Estates General was made up of three main groups. This first Parliament consisted of the First Estates of clergy, the Second Estate of nobility, and the Third Estate of commoners.
France's medieval parliament was called Estates-General or States-General. It was eventually replaced by the National Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution.
The Estates General had existed for centuries, while the National Assembly was formed in 1789. - Apex
English house of Commons
English House of Commons (C) F e2020, you burnout.
the estates-general was a french version of parliament in 1400s and was rarely called on for advice at one time king Henry of bourbon, or Henry iv of France, never even called upon them during his reign.
Estates General
Estates General - France - ended in 1789.
King Phillip created the Estates General.