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may 5, 1789 - Meeting of the estates general

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The estates general was called by King Louis XVI. Their goal was to solve the financial crisis with the monarchy. So there were 3 estate classes represented: the nobles, clergy and the rest of the population or as they called it the third estate.

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may 5, 1789
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~ 236 years ago