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What happened on 5th may 1789.5 marks
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Yogita Ingle 7 years, 8 months ago

  • Louis XVI called together an assembly of Estates General in order to pass proposals for new taxes.
  • The Estates General was a political body to which the Three Estates sent their representatives.
  • A resplendent hall was prepared to hold delegates.
  • The 1st and 2nd estates sent 300 representatives who were seated in rows facing each on two sides.
  • The 600 members of 3rd estate stand at their back.
  • The 3rd estate were represented by prosperous and educated members
  • Peasants, artisans and women were denied entry into the assembly.
  • Their grievances and demands were listed in around 40,000 letters which the representatives had brought with them.
  • Earlier, voting in Estates General had been conducted according to the principle that each estate had one vote.
  • Louis XVI decided to continue the same practice but the members of 3rd estate demanded that voting should be conducted by the assembly as a whole, in which each member had a vote.
  • When the king rejected the proposal, members of the 3rd estate walked out of the assembly in protest.
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