Relier Pairs The outbreak of the French Revolution (1789-1792)_1Version en ligne The failures of the Old Regime The rise of the Third Estate par Gehistart Artgeo 1 Third Estate 2 Attemps at reform 3 Political thought of the Enlightement 4 Assembly of Notables 5 List of Grievances 6 National Constituent Assembly 7 Economy 8 Tennis Court Oath 9 Social unrest 10 Estates-General It encouraged people to question royal authority when it was considered unfair and inefficie Problems that were presented by people of the three estates to Estates-General Noblemen and ecclesiastic who rejected reforms in 1787. They formed a National Assembly because they considered that they were the only legitimate representative of the French people Commoners considered for Louis XVI’s reforms ineffective while the privileged were concerned for their way of life The Third Estate, which pay taxes, resented the privileged estates that scarcely paid taxes at all. The National Assembly would become, after the Tennis Court Oath in... A tax crisis was caused by overspending on the American Revolutionary War It was an assembly of all three estates