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The Estates General
Nobles and clergy welcomes king's decision to call an estates general The voting system Estates general doesn't meet really often, last time was 1614 3rd estate thought it was unfair, noble and clergy would out vote them 2-1 in 1789 King agreed to double their numbers reluctantly in 1788 New Finance minister, Jacques Necker The food crisis Finance wasn't only problem in France Crisis caused by wicked weather Crazily bad weather lead to increase prize of bread The Complaints List Election of estates general were held in spring 1789 Voters were asked to draw up list of changes that they wanted the estates general to discuss with king Drawing up this list created great excitement all over France The estates meet First meeting was on May 5th 1789 3rd estates generals were unhappy Nobles and clergy refused After weeks of argument, 3rd estate generals gave ultimatum this was act of defiance against king Louis angry that deputies did not follow his rules of Estates general On 19 June, clergy joined 3rd estate The Tennis Court Oath This angered and excited 3rd estate It was raining, so they ran to the closest empty building, a tennis court In there, they took an oath to carry on meeting until they changed the way French was governed On 23 June, in the Royal Session Louis could make them leave by using force, but he gave in It seemed like revolution for people at that time, but it is only the beginning
 * intend to use it to block his plans to tax them
 * able to do so because of voting system of Estates General
 * Around 750 members, 250 per estate
 * Met in separate room, each estate has one vote
 * they asked the king to double their numbers
 * and give everyone a vote
 * advised king to dou ble 3rd estate
 * hope that estates general itself would give everyone one vote
 * in countryside other problem: mass hunger
 * July 13,1788 massive hailstorm destroyed cornfields, vegetable plots etc. all over central France
 * hailstorm followed by drought
 * harvest in 1788 was very poor
 * drought followed by freezing winter
 * when it reached spring, snow all melted, but here comes the flood
 * prize of loaf led to 15 sous
 * Family has to spend all their earnings on bread
 * stopped buying clothes, shoes, candles and fuel
 * People who made those stuff lost their jobs
 * Unemployment and hunger led to riots in many part of country
 * over 60,000 of these lists of complaint were drawn
 * When estates general met in 1789, peopl e had great expectations
 * they thought king wants to solve their problems
 * 1 000 deputies
 * after speeches from king and chief ministers, separated to different halls
 * separating to different halls would lead to nobles and clergy outvoting them
 * refuses to discuss anything
 * only will if all deputies join for a "National Assembly"
 * if at end of week, nobles and clergy refuses to join, they would work out the Estates General themselves
 * Louis ordered a Royal Session for the estate general
 * intend to warn 3rd estate
 * follow morning, 3rd estate deputies arrived at palace to welcome clergy
 * arrived and found soldiers guarding the door
 * inside, workmen preparing for Royal session
 * scared that Louis might ending meeting by force
 * Louis told deputies they should have separate meetings
 * 3rd estate deputies refused to move
 * On 27 June, he ordered nobles and clergy to join 3rd estate in a single assembly
 * the National Assembly became France's legal parliament

Summary
Nobles and clergy actually wanted the estates general voting since they can over vote 3rd estate easily. 3rd estate thought the voting system was unfair and wanted double amount of their original deputies. New finance Minister, Jacques Necker advised king to double the amount of deputies in third estate.Bad weather in 1788 led to food crisis, no bread is really expensive. Every family only bought bread, doesn't buy other stuff, so workers are losing jobs. Unemployment and hunger led to riots in country. Voters were made to draw up a complaint list. This made them have high expectations about the meeting that is coming up. The estates met, but the 3rd estate wasn't happy since all three estates had separate meetings. They refuse to discuss except if they had a National Assembly. Nobles and clergy refused, and they had a huge argument. Louis decides to settle this by having a Royal Session. On June 19, clergy joined the 3rd estate. The 3rd estate had an oath that stated they would not end this meeting until the way that France was governed is changed. In the royal session, Louis wanted separate meetings, but 3rd estate refuses. Louis gave in because of the huge determination. The National Assembly became France's legal parliament. disliked || Kinds of poeple that disliked these thigs || the nobes and clergy enjoyed. || The people of the third estate || placed on many things || The poor people || and dues || Lots of fees that were placed on many things in addition to the national taxes. || The poor people of the third estate that had to make these payments. || broken on a carwheel and then burned || The educated thinking people || letters and the fact that people other than the king can use them. || The general population. || 2. One of the reasons that people wanted to change it was because that the fench society was set up to favour the dlergy and nobes too much. The third estate had barely any previledges. The hiearchy was too unbalanced. 3.
 * || Things that people
 * Society || The priviledges that
 * Taxation || The taxes that was
 * Feudal rights
 * Law || People had their limbs
 * Government || They disliked the sealed