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may 2, 1789 - The Estates General Meets

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King Louis XVI brought together The Clergy, The mobility, and The Commoners. This meeting is said to be the beginning of the rebellion.

The nobles were likely in favor of it but the peasants were apposed because of the way voting worked.

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may 2, 1789
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~ 237 years ago

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