Question

Explain the incident which took place on 5 May 1789 in Versailles ??​

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Explanation:

On 5 may,1789 the meeting of estate general was called by king louis 16.A resplendent hall in Versailles was prepared to host the delegates. The purpose of calling the meeting is to pass the proposal of new taxes.The first and second estate has 300 members of each of them and were sitting in rows and there were 600 members of third estate who had to stand at the back. As always the voting scheme in france at that time was that one estate have one vote. But this time third estate want 1 person nd 1 vote.This was refused by the king.