heigh ho, here we go again.
First Estate the Clergy - Bishops and Priests. between 5 and 10 percent of the population. Generally exempt from taxes, and entitled to collect a few taxes of their own.
second Estate, the Nobility, about 10 percent of the population. Exempt from certain taxes, and to a limited extent beneficiaries of taxes and privileges themselves.
Third Estate, everybody else. Over 80 percent of the population, paid all the taxes, no privileges at all.
Voting was by ESTATE, not by head. One Estate, one vote. So the first two (less than 20 percent) could always outvote the Third (80%).
democratic? I don't think so. Especially, come to think of it, as women had no vote, so we ought to halve those percentages!
Estates General - France - ended in 1789.
King Phillip created the Estates General.
Clergy and Nobality
The first meeting of the Estates General was May 5th, 1789.
The Estates General met on May 5th, 1789, in Versailles, France.
Estates General
Estates General - France - ended in 1789.
King Phillip created the Estates General.
Estates General - France - was created in 1302.
What are the three key ideas in the meeting of the estates general?" what was the problem in the estates. what was the problem in the estates.
Estates-General
Clergy and Nobality
The first meeting of the Estates General was May 5th, 1789.
1. Clergy2. Nobility
1. Clergy2. Nobility
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.
The Estates-General or States General was established in 1302 in France by Phillip the Fair. Its purpose was to get control of the clergy and get around the power of the nobility.