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aug 1, 1788 - Announcement of the Estates General

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- Financial crisis, widespread agitation, weakening power of the king
- The third Estate feared they would be overruled by the first and second Estate, therefore propsed aa head count rather than one vote per Estate.

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Date:

aug 1, 1788
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~ 237 years ago