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what exactly was the legislative assembly of France? and what did it do, and what did it do in the revolution?
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what was the legislative assembly of France? what what did it do during the revolution?
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The legislative body was called the Estates-General.
At the time of the revolution, the First Estate composed of 10,000 Catholic clergy and owned 5%-10% of the lands in France - the highest per capita of any other estate. All property of the First Estate was tax exempt. The Second Estate was composed of the nobility. At the time of the revolution, they consisted of 400,000 persons, including women and children. Since the death of Louis XIV in 1715, they had enjoyed a resurgence in power. They had almost a monopoly over distinguished government service, higher church offices, army parliaments, and most other public and semipublic honors by the time of the revolution. Like the First Estate, they were not taxed by principal of feudal precedent. The Third and last Estate was composed of about 25 million people: the bourgeoisie, the peasants, and everyone else in France. Unlike the First and Second Estates, they were forced to pay taxes, but the bourgeoisie found one way or another to be exempt from them. The heavy burden of the French government fell upon the poorest in French society - the peasantry, the working poor, and the farmers. There was much resentment from the Third Estate towards its superiors.
In 1789 the summons did come. As Fénelon had wished in former days, an Assembly of Notables in 1787, (which already displayed great independence), preceded the States-General session. According to the model of 1614, the States-General would consist of equal numbers of representatives of each Estate. The Third Estate demanded, and ultimately received, double representation, which they already had in the provincial assemblies. When the States-General convened in Versailles on May 5 1789, however, it became clear that the double representation was something of a sham: voting was to occur "by orders", which meant that the collective vote of the 578 representatives of the Third Estate would be weighed the same as that of each of the other Estates.
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At the time of the revolution, the First Estate composed of 10,000 Catholic clergy and owned 5%-10% of the lands in France - the highest per capita of any other estate. All property of the First Estate was tax exempt. The Second Estate was composed of the nobility. At the time of the revolution, they consisted of 400,000 persons, including women and children. Since the death of Louis XIV in 1715, they had enjoyed a resurgence in power. They had almost a monopoly over distinguished government service, higher church offices, army parliaments, and most other public and semipublic honors by the time of the revolution. Like the First Estate, they were not taxed by principal of feudal precedent. The Third and last Estate was composed of about 25 million people: the bourgeoisie, the peasants, and everyone else in France. Unlike the First and Second Estates, they were forced to pay taxes, but the bourgeoisie found one way or another to be exempt from them. The heavy burden of the French government fell upon the poorest in French society - the peasantry, the working poor, and the farmers. There was much resentment from the Third Estate towards its superiors.
In 1789 the summons did come. As Fénelon had wished in former days, an Assembly of Notables in 1787, (which already displayed great independence), preceded the States-General session. According to the model of 1614, the States-General would consist of equal numbers of representatives of each Estate. The Third Estate demanded, and ultimately received, double representation, which they already had in the provincial assemblies. When the States-General convened in Versailles on May 5 1789, however, it became clear that the double representation was something of a sham: voting was to occur "by orders", which meant that the collective vote of the 578 representatives of the Third Estate would be weighed the same as that of each of the other Estates.
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The legislative body was called the Estates-General.
At the time of the revolution, the First Estate composed of 10,000 Catholic clergy and owned 5%-10% of the lands in France - the highest per capita of any other estate. All property of the First Estate was tax exempt. The Second Estate was composed of the nobility. At the time of the revolution, they consisted of 400,000 persons, including women and children. Since the death of Louis XIV in 1715, they had enjoyed a resurgence in power. They had almost a monopoly over distinguished government service, higher church offices, army parliaments, and most other public and semipublic honors by the time of the revolution. Like the First Estate, they were not taxed by principal of feudal precedent. The Third and last Estate was composed of about 25 million people: the bourgeoisie, the peasants, and everyone else in France. Unlike the First and Second Estates, they were forced to pay taxes, but the bourgeoisie found one way or another to be exempt from them. The heavy burden of the French government fell upon the poorest in French society - the peasantry, the working poor, and the farmers. There was much resentment from the Third Estate towards its superiors.
In 1789 the summons did come. As Fénelon had wished in former days, an Assembly of Notables in 1787, (which already displayed great independence), preceded the States-General session. According to the model of 1614, the States-General would consist of equal numbers of representatives of each Estate. The Third Estate demanded, and ultimately received, double representation, which they already had in the provincial assemblies. When the States-General convened in Versailles on May 5 1789, however, it became clear that the double representation was something of a sham: voting was to occur "by orders", which meant that the collective vote of the 578 representatives of the Third Estate would be weighed the same as that of each of the other Estates.
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At the time of the revolution, the First Estate composed of 10,000 Catholic clergy and owned 5%-10% of the lands in France - the highest per capita of any other estate. All property of the First Estate was tax exempt. The Second Estate was composed of the nobility. At the time of the revolution, they consisted of 400,000 persons, including women and children. Since the death of Louis XIV in 1715, they had enjoyed a resurgence in power. They had almost a monopoly over distinguished government service, higher church offices, army parliaments, and most other public and semipublic honors by the time of the revolution. Like the First Estate, they were not taxed by principal of feudal precedent. The Third and last Estate was composed of about 25 million people: the bourgeoisie, the peasants, and everyone else in France. Unlike the First and Second Estates, they were forced to pay taxes, but the bourgeoisie found one way or another to be exempt from them. The heavy burden of the French government fell upon the poorest in French society - the peasantry, the working poor, and the farmers. There was much resentment from the Third Estate towards its superiors.
In 1789 the summons did come. As Fénelon had wished in former days, an Assembly of Notables in 1787, (which already displayed great independence), preceded the States-General session. According to the model of 1614, the States-General would consist of equal numbers of representatives of each Estate. The Third Estate demanded, and ultimately received, double representation, which they already had in the provincial assemblies. When the States-General convened in Versailles on May 5 1789, however, it became clear that the double representation was something of a sham: voting was to occur "by orders", which meant that the collective vote of the 578 representatives of the Third Estate would be weighed the same as that of each of the other Estates.
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