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The Estates General The voting system The food crysis The complaint's list The estates meet The tennis court oath Summary the estates general was created, and became the noble and clergy's, and the voting system was changed and reformed. however in 1788, there were extremely bad weather conditions which destroyed many of France's crops and caused many riots. In spring of 1789 voters were ordered to write lists of complaints for the estates general to discuss with the king, and more than 60000 of these lists of complaints were drawn up. the first estates meeting took place in may the 5th 1789, the 3 estates were told to take meeting in 3 separate halls, however the 3rd estate refused because that would mean that the nobles and clergy would outvote them. they refused to have meetings in 3 separate halls, so the king gave in to them on june 27, and ordered the nobles and clergy to have a single assembly with the 3rd estate at the national assembly. that was when the national assembly became France's legal parliament.
 * Nobles and Clergy welcomes kings decision to call an estates general.
 * it is intended to block his plans and taxes
 * they thought they can, because the estates system used by the estate general.
 * estate general met whenever the king wishes
 * 1614 - made up of 750 members, 250 from each of the 3 estates
 * each estate votes once in 3 separate places
 * third estate thought voting system was unfair because if voted in 1789, the nobles and clergy would outvote the third estate 2 to 1.
 * third estate asked king to double their numbers, and give members one vote each.
 * december 1788, king agreed to the first of the demands. by now the goverment was bankrupt.
 * there was then a new finance minister, jacques necker
 * asked king to double 3rd estate, and hoped that everyone gets a vote in all estates
 * july 13 1788, massive hailstorm destroyed cornfields, vegetable plots, orchards and vineyards all over central france. followed by a drought, then extremely cold weather conditions.
 * price of bread rose immensely
 * price of bread rose to 15 sous per loaf in 1789
 * most money was used on bread, which caused less purchase of clothes, shoes candles and fuel.
 * Workers lost their jobs,which led to hunger, and many riots.
 * election of estates general, held in spring 1789
 * voters,drew up a list of charges they wanted the estates general to discuss with the king.
 * more than 60000 of these lists of complaints were drawn up
 * lists showed that millions of french people wanted major changes
 * some complaints were asking to - reduce tax, into only one payment. - tax free salt - and suppression of the right of the mill.
 * these lists gave france great excitement, and in may 1789 many people were having great expectations.
 * first meeting took place in may 5 1789
 * over a thousand deputies met in the largest hall in Versailles
 * the 3 estates were told to take meetings in 3 seperate halls
 * the 3rd estate refused to do so, because this would mean that the nobles and clergy would outvote them.
 * they said they would only do so, if the nobles and clergy would join them in the single "national assembly"
 * the nobles and clergy refused.
 * Louis ordered a Royal Session for the estate general intend to warn 3rd estate
 * june 19 - clergy joined the 3rd estate
 * angered and excited the 3rd estate
 * afreaid that the king would stop them by force
 * they had an oath that they would carry on with the meeting, until they changed the way france was governed
 * 23 june - king told the estates to have different meetings, however the 3rd estate refused to move
 * 27 june, king ordered nobles, clergy and the 3rd estate to a single assembly. the national assembly, became France's legal parliament.

Questions 1. 2. The government was the main reason why frenchmen wanted a reform so much. they were afraid of their government, who treated them very unequally,
 * || The things that people disliked || Kinds of people who disliked these things ||
 * Society (source 6) || First estates had all the power, they did not have to pay taxes, and had privileges like having their own law courts. || Mainly the 3rd estates disliked this, because they had no privileges and had to pay very high taxes. ||
 * Taxation (source 12) || all estates had to pay the taxes - Capitation, Twentieths, Octroi and Traits. The nobles and clergy are the only ones who can sometimes avoid these taxation's, or pay less. however the 3rd estate had to fully pay all these taxes, and also the following taxes - Taille, Corvée, Gabelle, and Aides. || The 3rd estates really hated these taxes, because they had to pay their taxes fully, unlike the nobles and clergy who only paid little, or are able to avoid the taxation's even when they are a lot wealthier. ||
 * Feudal rights and dues (source 13) || The landlords had many rights over the peasants. the peasants had to pay a fee to borrow the landlord's over, windmill, water-mill, and grape press. they are not allowed to kill rabbits, if they are harming their crops because the rabbits are for the landlord to hunt as a hobby. The Landlord is also allowed to ride his horses over the peasant's crops while hunting. || The peasants really disliked these rights. it was extremely unequal, they had to pay for the use of making their own food. ||
 * Law (source 16) || The cruel way, which the innocent man was executed || the people who spoke up disliked it very much, because the innocent man was found guilty straight away due to his religion. ||
 * Government (sources 20,26 and 31) || Everyone disliked the government, because they used all their taxed moneys on unnecessary things that don't improve their country. They also hated the sealed letters, that the king had so much power to wield. || everyone, but mainly the 3rd estate ||

3. e, b, i, g, a, c, h, f, d

4. political, social, social, social, ecenomic

5. the reason a lot of people disliked their government was because of high prices and unemployment. This is because, unemployment is the reason why people complain so much about the government. without money there is no spending for marie antoinette, and not many people would hate, and send sealed letters.

6. The government would not be as unpopular than it was, however it would still be disliked due to the sealed letters, and unemployment's.