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 Assembly of Notables 2 Political thought of the Enlightement 3 Estates-General 4 National Constituent Assembly 5 Attemps at reform 6 Tennis Court Oath 7 Third Estate 8 List of Grievances 9 Social unrest 10 Economy A tax crisis was caused by overspending on the American Revolutionary War Problems that were presented by people of the three estates to Estates-General It encouraged people to question royal authority when it was considered unfair and inefficie It was an assembly of all three estates The National Assembly would become, after the Tennis Court Oath in... They formed a National Assembly because they considered that they were the only legitimate representative of the French people Noblemen and ecclesiastic who rejected reforms in 1787. 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.