10 gen 1789 anni - By now Catholic Clergy the First Estate of the Kingdom. (150000).
Descrizione:
Aristocracy the Second Estate (more than 300000 - 1.5% of pop). Third Estate (26 million - 98% of the pop). There was a rising middle class who came to be known as "Bourgeoisie". 36% of pop under the age of 20. Louis XVI summoned the Estates General (Parliament) for the first time since 1614. However the Third Estate seized the chance to air their grievances. Discontent flared into open rebellion. Starving Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress on July 14, 1789, and the French Revolution had begun.
20th June the Third Estate found itself locked out of its meeting place. Indignantly the members retired to an indoor tennis court and passed a resolution not to adjourn intil a constitution had been made. The resolution became known as the Tennis Court Oath. The Third Estate voted itself into a National Assembly, which abolished the worst aspects of feudalism and curtailed the power of the church. Extreme factions, such as the Jacobins, led by Robespierre, took over. Establishment of First Republic.
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French Revolution
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