Answer:
The first actions to the French Revolution were made.
Explanation:
In 1789, King Louis XVI was forced to summon the Estates General, due to the economic situation and agricultural crisis that France was facing.
The Estates General was divided in three estates.
The first estate was composed by members of the Roman Catholic clergy, about 100.000 people. The second estate consisted of the French nobility, numbered about 400.000 people, while the third estate included the rest of the French population, about 97% of the total population of France.
These Estates General had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and the new reforms. By that time most of the taxes were paid only by the third estate.
During the ceremony, each estate had to vote on important matters, but each estate would have only one vote. This wasn’t well received by the third estate as it meant that the first two would overrule them on important decisions. In order to avoid being overruled, the third estate suggested that each member of each estate should have one vote.
This suggestion wasn’t well received by the other two estates as the third one was much bigger and they would outvote the first two.
After arguing over how they would vote, the third estate began to start taking things into their own hands, leading to the formation of the National Assembly.
This National Assembly wasn’t recognized by the king but the members of the Assembly took an oath to keep meeting until they were recognized as the legitimate government body.
In the end, these were the first actions that led to the French Revolution.
