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Convening The Estates General

Convening The Estates General. May 1789. The Estates General. Although limited in power, the Estates-General did have the right to approve or veto any new taxes or increases in taxes

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Convening The Estates General

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  1. Convening The Estates General May 1789

  2. The Estates General • Although limited in power, the Estates-General did have the right to approve or veto any new taxes or increases in taxes • For the previous 175 years, the absolute monarchs of France had been able to avoid calling the Estates-General by extracting money from overseas colonies and other sources • Now, faced with an economic crisis, the king was forced to take this radical step in the hope that the Estates-General would agree to increase taxes in exchange for some minor political and constitutional reforms • His desperate gamble would prove to be the death of the French monarchy

  3. Suggested Voting Pattern: One Vote Per Estate Commoners, Third Estate Clergy, First Estate Aristocracy, Second Estate

  4. Number of Representatives in The Estate General: Vote By Head! Commoners, Third Estate 300 Clergy, First Estate Aristocracy, Second Estate 300 648

  5. “The Tennis Court Oath” by Jacques Louis David (June 20th, 1789)

  6. Storming the Bastille: July 14th, 1789

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