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may 5, 1789 - The Estates-General

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The Estates-General represented the three French estates. It was a general assembly comprised of deputies, with the first estate being the clergy, the second being the nobility and the third being the commoners. The Estate-General did not meet on a regular basis, but was instead summoned by the king during times of war and crisis. The role of the Estates-General was to support and advise the king, although they had no legislative power. The beginning of the French revolution is considered to be the when King Louis XVI summoned the Estates General in 1789.

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may 5, 1789
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~ 236 years ago