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The "Committee of Thirty", argue that ancient precedent is not sufficient, because "the people were sovereign". The "Committee of Thirty", a body of liberal Parisians, began to agitate against voting by estate, composed of the wealthy, argues for the Estates General to assume the voting mechanisms of the Dauphine
The Committee of Thirty pressed the Estates General to adopt voting arrangements that strengthened representation of the Third Estate.
The King leaves the discussion of the weight of each vote to the Estates General itself
The King leaves the discussion of the weight of each vote to the Estates General itself.
The Committee of Thirty pressed the Estates General to adopt voting arrangements that strengthened representation of the Third Estate.
The 3rd Estate meets for the 1st time since 1614. The 3rd Estate demands voting by head instead of by Estate. The Estates General was organized into three estates, respectively: the clergy, the nobility, and the rest of France
The 3rd Estate meets for the 1st time since 1614. The 3rd Estate demands voting by head instead of by Estate. The Estates General was organized into three estates, respectively: the clergy, the nobility, and the rest of France.
The Estates General opened the revolutionary year that produced the National Assembly, Tennis Court Oath, Bastille uprising and Declaration of Rights.
Elections are held in the spring of 1789; suffrage requirements for the 3rd Estate are for French-born or naturalised males only, at least 25 years of age, who resided where the vote was to take place and who paid taxes
Elections are held in the spring of 1789; suffrage requirements for the 3rd Estate are for French-born or naturalised males only, at least 25 years of age, who resided where the vote was to take place and who paid taxes.
Strong electoral turnout produces 1,201 delegates, including: "291 nobles, 300 clergy, and 610 members of the 3rd Estate, books of grievances" (cahiers de doleances) are compiled to list problems.
The French Revolution began in 1789 with the convocation of the Estates General.
The revolutionary year produced the National Assembly, Tennis Court Oath, Bastille uprising, Declaration of Rights and October march on Versailles.
on Versailles.
Marie-Antoinette opposed the summoning of the Estates General.
Opposes the summoning of the Estates General
Appointed Member of Estates General
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre was appointed Member of Estates General.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord Benevente was elected to the Estates General, represents the clergy, the First Estate.
Elected to the Estates General, represents the clergy, the First Estate
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