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    The Estates General of 1789 (French: États Généraux de 1789) was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate)...
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  • Provinces) emerged. Historically Estates General (France) (before 1789) Estates-General of 1789 (France) States-General of the Batavian Republic (Dutch republic...
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    and only once afterward, in 1789, but were not definitively dissolved until after the French Revolution. The Estates General were distinct from the parlements...
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    Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November...
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    constituante), although the shorter form was favored. The Estates-General had been called on 5 May 1789 to manage France's financial crisis, but promptly fell...
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    The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early...
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    the Estates General of 1789 to manage the revolutionary situation, to give each of the Estates – the First Estate (the clergy), the Second Estate (the...
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    reign of Louis XIII. It was the last of the Estates General of the Kingdom of France. Summoned by King Louis XVI, the Estates General of 1789 ended when...
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    convoked the Estates-General on 8 August 1788, setting the date of their opening on 1 May 1789. With the convocation of the Estates-General, as in many...
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    Pierre Louis Prieur (category Regicides of Louis XVI)
    the Estates-General of 1789. During the French Revolution he served as a deputy to the National Convention and held membership in the Committee of Public...
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