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Estates General

By : Celena Mendez (partner 2). Estates General. What was the Estates General ?. Large scale meetings held time to time. Chosen delegates from various social classes presented their grievances to their ruler. Rulers promised to provide remedies or reforms. Powers Of Estates General.

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Estates General

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  1. By : Celena Mendez(partner 2) Estates General

  2. What was the Estates General ? • Large scale meetings held time to time. • Chosen delegates from various social classes presented their grievances to their ruler. • Rulers promised to provide remedies or reforms.

  3. Powers Of Estates General • The right to deny new tax appropriations. • Wrote their grievances in notebooks known as cahiers. • Estates General lost power in the 1400s and 1500s. • Last meeting took place in 1614. • 160 years before Louis XVI became king. • In 1788 a meeting was called by Louis XVI.

  4. Powers Continued …. • Wanted to change the tax system. • Tried to increase taxes on 3rd Estate.

  5. Grievances Of the Three Estates • List of grievances expected the king to consider it in exchange for his tax initiative. • Complied in various towns across the realm. • Typical requests were regular meetings with the Estates General , lower taxes , and freedom of the press. • Wanted a more equal justice system.

  6. Grievances In the Third Estate from Paris • “liberty of the press must be granted , on condition that authors sign their manuscripts , that the printers name shall appear , and that both shall be responsible for the consequences of publication.” • “crime alone and not the social standing of the criminal should determine the sentence.”

  7. In Peasant Cahiers • Misery of their lives • Vague political aspirations. • Attacked nobles for collecting dues . • Attacked the Church for collecting tithe.

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