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may 5, 1789 - Louis the XVI Calls the Estates General

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Louis XVI called an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes on 5th May 1789. The Estates General represented the French estates in the realm. He called the meeting because the French government was having financial problems.

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may 5, 1789
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~ 236 years ago