THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THE GENERAL STATES: 1789 (the beginning of the French Revolution) The States General of 1789 were the only States General of France convened after 1614 and the last of the former regime of France. They took place at Versailles, where...
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THE GENERAL STATES: 1789 (the beginning of the French Revolution) The States General of 1789 were the only States General of France convened after 1614 and the last of the former regime of France. They took place at Versailles, where King Louis XVI resided, on the outskirts of Paris. It was an extraordinary general assembly convened by the king to find a solution to the serious financial crisis that the country was suffering. It was composed of representatives of the three estates of French society: the clergy or First Estate, the nobility or Second Estate, and the plain people or Third Estate. The independence demonstrated by the deputies of the Third Estate with respect to the first two estates and the Crown, marked the true beginning of the French Revolution. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY After several months of questioning what they wanted their government to look like, the Legislative Assembly was created along with a constitution on July 12th. In a
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