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Despite having extended an invitation to the other Estates to join, the Third Estate made up the majority of the National Assembly when it initially came into being. The First and Second Estates do, however, join the Third Estate ten days after the establishment of the Assembly, making the National Assembly a power that even King Louis XVI cannot ignore.
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Now is a moment when political discontent is rife in France's streets. In response, King Louis XVI convenes a meeting at Versailles with an equal number of delegates from each of the three estates. In addition to generating suggestions for how France should start to pay off its enormous debt, the King anticipated that these planned gatherings would also help him establish himself as a kind and benevolent ruler.
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New rules were established early on, and each estate would get one vote once the Estates General got underway. The inefficient French tax system, which had caused the nation and its citizens so much suffering, was the main topic of discussion during the meetings. As a result, the first and second estates were outraged when Director General of Finance Jacques Necker said that the only way France could resolve its financial problem would be for every person to pay taxes.
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After receiving harsh criticism for the newly proposed financial reform, King Louis XVI abruptly called a stop to the Estates General sessions. The Third Estate was enraged by this and made the decision to intervene themselves. As a result, a group of revolutionaries requested that their demands be addressed (without the King's influence) and eventually evolved into the National Assembly.
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An Estates General gathering was scheduled to examine voting changes, but King Louis XVI forbade it from happening out of anxiety that his absolute monarchy was crumbling beneath him. The Third Estate members were furious with the King for his actions when they discovered the normal meeting place was closed when they arrived. This was the last straw for the revolutionaries.
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Anarchy broke out in the streets of Paris as tensions in France increased and the King learned about the Assembly, which sparked rumors that Louis XVI was preparing an attack. In pursuit of weapons and inmates, hundreds of Parisians flocked to the Bastille, a jail that represented the King's unquestionable authority. Due to a lack of guards, the crowd was able to seize possession of the castle and subsequently parade the head of Marquis de Launay
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The National Assembly drafted and approved this agreement, which is founded on democracy and equality. It served as the guiding principles of a New Era in which all people would be treated as equals and had the rights they deserve while simultaneously defending the Revolution and criticizing the Old Regime and its notions of privilege. person liberties, democratic freedoms, and rights of the person were all stated in the text that later served as the model for the French Constitution of 1791.
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The king refuses to sanction it, resulting in Parisians marching to Versailles and forcing the royal family back to Paris.
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during the night of 20–21 June 1791 King Louis XVI of France, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris to Montmédy