Matching Pairs The outbreak of the French Revolution (1789-1792)_1Online version The failures of the Old Regime The rise of the Third Estate by Gehistart Artgeo 1 Political thought of the Enlightement 2 Economy 3 Estates-General 4 Third Estate 5 Tennis Court Oath 6 Social unrest 7 Assembly of Notables 8 Attemps at reform 9 List of Grievances 10 National Constituent Assembly Problems that were presented by people of the three estates to Estates-General It was an assembly of all three estates They formed a National Assembly because they considered that they were the only legitimate representative of the French people The Third Estate, which pay taxes, resented the privileged estates that scarcely paid taxes at all. A tax crisis was caused by overspending on the American Revolutionary War Noblemen and ecclesiastic who rejected reforms in 1787. It encouraged people to question royal authority when it was considered unfair and inefficie The National Assembly would become, after the Tennis Court Oath in... Commoners considered for Louis XVI’s reforms ineffective while the privileged were concerned for their way of life
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