Question

In what way the meeting is c estate general called by louis XVI a failure?

Answer 1

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• Louis XVI called together an assembly of Estates-General to pass proposals for new taxes
• The Estates-General was a political body to which the Three Estates sent their representatives
• A resplendent hall was prepared to hold delegates
• The 1^st and 2^nd estates sent 300 representatives who were seated in rows facing each on two sides
• The 600 members of 3^rd estate stand at their back
• The 3^rd estate was represented by prosperous and educated members
• Peasants, artisans and women were denied entry into the assembly
• Their grievances and demands were listed in around 40,000 letters which the representatives had brought with them
• Earlier, voting in Estates-General had been conducted according to the principle that each estate had one vote
• Louis XVI decided to continue the same practice but the members of 3^rd estate demanded that voting should be conducted by the assembly as a whole, in which each member had a vote
• When the king rejected the proposal, members of the 3^rd estate walked out of the assembly in protest

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