I think the former should not pay taxes because we are contributing to a voluntary gift for the government.
Estates General
As a second state, we believe we should not pay taxes because we are in the royal family
It may be the new taxation system.
. It's not fair for us as the third state, 90 of us, to pay taxes.
We are therefore here to talk about new regulations in France.
it was about time, this system had to be changed
National Assembly and Tennis Court Oath
Ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to bring fairness to this unfair three states system
we are going to call it "The Tennis Court Oath" to make the constitution better!!
Sounds perfect to me!!
Yea!! i'm tired of this unfair government
Storming of Bastille
they do look pissed
lets show them we are going to do whatever it takes to get a fair system
is it just me or they look really pissed
The estates general were the representative assembly for the three states first state the clergy and priests the second the state of the royal family and the nobles to the exclusion of the king and eventually the third state which was primarily peasants.
on june 20 1789, the members of the French Third Statement took the act of the Tennis Court Oath, vowing not to separate and to reassemble wherever require, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established, their goal was to make things fair between the three states
On July 14 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob, this prison represented royal authority in the centre of Paris.