Political thought of the Enlightement
National Constituent Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
Economy
Third Estate
Social unrest
Attemps at reform
Estates-General
Assembly of Notables
List of Grievances
It encouraged people to question royal authority when it was considered unfair and inefficie
Noblemen and ecclesiastic who rejected reforms in 1787.
A tax crisis was caused by overspending on the American Revolutionary War
They formed a National Assembly because they considered that they were the only legitimate representative of the French people
It was an assembly of all three estates
Commoners considered for Louis XVI’s reforms ineffective while the privileged were concerned for their way of life
The National Assembly would become, after the Tennis Court Oath in...
The Third Estate, which pay taxes, resented the privileged estates that scarcely paid taxes at all.
Problems that were presented by people of the three estates to Estates-General