Question

the principle of voting in the estates general was undemocratic - justify the statement ​

Answer 1

The principle of voting in the estates general was an democratic due to following reasons:

- Until the French revolution the legislative body of france was the estate general.

- The voting should be conducted by the whole assembly and each member should have the fair chance to vote.

- But in estate general the system of voting works on the principle that only one person could vote as the supreme on the behalf of estate.

- So, In this way estate general was undemocratic as each estate has one vote.