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Before the Revolution in France : The Estates-General consisted of three estates :the Clergy (about 100,000 people), the Nobles (about 400, 000 people) and all the others (about 96% of the population) belonged to the Third Estate.
The Third Estate made up 95% of the population but had little power is the general Estates and they wanted equal privileges.
She was a member of the Third Estate. As a woman, however, she wouldn't have been abe to represent her estate in the Estates General of 1789. Yet, if she was very politically active it is possible that a male relatve stood for election in her place.
The Second Estate.
Insolvent estates is when an estate whose debts exceed its assets. This means, the money that is owed is more than the money that the person has in all of their accounts and personal items.
The Estates general (Etats-Generaux) IS the 3 Estates (Clergy, Nobility, Commons) taken as a whole.
The Third Estate.
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The National Assembly was formed mostly by members of the third estate, while the Estates General consisted of the first, second, and third estates.
By calling the Estates-General Louis the XIV would be at a disadvantage because it would give more power to the 1st Estate and the 2nd Estate. He would be losing power and he had no reason to call on the Estates-General. Louis the XVIII had to call on the Estates-General because the country was about to go bankrupt and he had no other choice but to call on the Estates-General and ask them for a loan.
Estates General
The National Assembly was formed mostly by members of the third estate, while the Estates General consisted of the first, second, and third estates.
The National Assembly was formed mostly by members of the third estate, while the Estates General consisted of the first, second, and third estates.
The Clergy. The second estate was the nobility, and the third was the commoners (everyone else)
The National Assembly was formed mostly by members of the third estate, while the Estates General consisted of the first, second, and third estates.
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.
The Estates-General (or States-General) of 1789 (French: Les États-Généraux de 1789) was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly consisting of representatives from all but the poorest segment of the French citizenry. The independence from the Crown which it displayed paved the way for the French Revolution.