11h 47min, may 5, 1789 y - Louis XVI calls the Estates General together
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The French Empire had been ailing with economic hardship for some time now due to the expensive taste of Louis and Marie the two monarchs and the expensive support of the American revolution. The Estates General had three estates, One represented the Nobility, One represented the Clergy, and one represented the rest of French Society. He called the Estates General together to help find a solution to the growing debt issues in the French government.
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11h 47min, may 5, 1789 y
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~ 236 years ago
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