1. THE ESTATES GENERAL
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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2. ESTATES GENERAL MEETS THE ESTATES GENERAL HAVE NOT MET IN 175 YEARS.
SPRING OF 1789
THE ESTATES
GENERAL HAVE
NOT MET IN 175
YEARS.
EACH ESTATE HAD
ONE VOTE.
THE FIRST AND
SECOND WOULD
ALWAYS VOTE
TOGETHER!
REPRESENTITIVES WANTED SWEEPING REFORMS
VOTING PROCESS WAS UNFAIR TO THIRD ESTATE
THIRD ESTATE NOW HAD AN ENLIGHTENED POINT OF VIEW
KING INSTRUCTS TO FOLLOW OLD RULES
THIRD ESTATE REFUSES KINGS EDICT
THIRD ESTATE=NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
JUNE 17, 1989 DECLARED THEMSELVES THE LEGISLATURE WITH THE RIGHT TO MAKE LAWS

3. TENNIS COURT OATH THE KING LOCKS THE THIRD ESTATE OUT
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
THE KING LOCKS THE THIRD ESTATE OUT
THE REPRESENTITIVES MEET IN AN INDOOR TENNIS COURT
TENNIS COURT OATH: THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE THE COURT UNTIL THEY HAD WRITTEN A CONSTITUTION FOR FRANCE
KING LOUIS RELENTS…GIVES EACH REPRESENTATIVE A VOTE