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Estates-General
The meeting was made up of representatives of the nobility, clergy and the Third Estate, that decided to leave the meeting when the privileged classes insisted on one vote per estate rather than one per representative.
The Third Estate met in a pavilion (Tennis Court Oath) and proclaimed itself . -
Storming of the Bastille
The National Constituent Assembly (1789-1791) The people of Paris stormed the Bastille on July 14 (Storming of the Bastille). The revolution spread to the countryside.
The Assembly abolished feudalism and approved the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It also drew up a constitution (1791). Census suffrage was also introduced (giving the vote to people with a certain level of wealth. -
National Assembly
They pledged to draft a constitution, that reflected the will (voluntad) of the majority of French people. -
National Constituent Assembly (1789-1791)
The Assembly abolished feudalism and approved the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It also drew up a constitution. Census suffrage was also introduced (giving the vote to people with a certain level of wealth.