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It was a constituent assembly in the kingdom of france formed from the national assembly on 9 july, 1789 during the beginning of the french revolution. Some of the achievements were Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, nationalized the church lands or even the reorganization of administrative structures, they eliminated the feudal privileges and established a new system. It finally camos to and end on 30 september, 1791, then it was succeeded by the legislative assembly.
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This assembly took place in Versailles, with 1.200 deputies from the estates of the realm, where most of them represented the third state. The Estates General was only called if the king wanted to and although it had no legislative power of its own, its authority came from its role as the voice of the people. Louis XVI opened the sesion with a speech, explaining the reasons of the gathering of this assembly, which were to adress finantial crises and society issues.