Answer: Each Estate had one vote. The national assembly met together in a tennis court and refused to leave until they instituted a new constitution. ... Because they thought that all men were born and created equal and it wasn't fair that the first and second estate had more rights and power than them and they wanted equality.
<span>Montesquieu and John Locke, although having differing beliefs systems and values on the overarching scale, were similar when analyzing the independent branches and balances of power concept put forth by Montesquieu, claiming that the central government must have checks and balances in order to ensure a power vacuum does not occur.</span>