Question

Which of the following statements regarding the meeting of Estates General is not true?

• A. 600 members each from the First and Second estates, and 600 members from the Third Estate participated in the Estates General meeting.
• B. The Third Estate representatives had gathered nearly 40,000 grievances for the assembly.
• C. The Third Estate proposed a new system that allowed everyone in the hall would get a chance to vote.
• D. The Third Estate walked out of the assembly after the Louis XVI rejected their democratic proposal to vote.

Answer 1

The correct option is A 600 members each from the First and Second estates, and 600 members from the Third Estate participated in the Estates General meeting.

In the Estates General Meeting of 5 May 1789, the Third Estate was represented by 600 members while the First and Second Estates had a total of 300 representatives. Together they formed the Estates-General, a political body that represented members of all the three estates. Only the monarch had the power to call the meeting.