Question

what were the estate general

Answer 1

listed journal was the meeting called by the state for imposing tax

it consists of first second and third estate
first and second estates and 300 representatives and third estate sent 600 representatives

each Estates had one vote

Answer 2

In France under the Old Regime, the Estates General or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king. Wik