Question

What was the system of voting in the Estates General during the Old Regime?

What was the change demanded by the third estate in the procedure of voting?

How did Louis XVI react to the demand of the third estate​

Answer 1

Answer:

The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobility, and the Third Estate effectively the rest of French society. On May 5, 1789, Louis XVI convened the Estates-General. ... As a result, though the Third Estate was vastly larger than the clergy and nobility, each estate had the same representation—one vote.

Why did the Third Estate propose a change in the Estates-General's voting rules? ... A pledge made when the Third Estate delegates found themselves locked out of their meeting room and broke down a door to an indoor tennis court, so they pledged to stay until they had drawn up a new constitution.

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