Relier Pairs French revolutionVersion en ligne The begining of French Revolution par Mª Pilar conil gonzález 1 The Estates General was an assembly... 2 In 1789 Louise XVI needed to completely reform the tax system... 3 In order to calm the situation down, the National Assembly... 4 The Bastille... 5 On 14 July 1789... 6 When the Estates General met in Versalles, the three estates were unable to agree on anything. Finally, the third estate... 7 Each estate had one vote, so the first and second estate... ...in order to repay France’s debts ...a crowd of people attacked the Bastille. ...abolished the feudal privileges of the nobles and clergy. ...that represented the three estates. ...created a new National Assembly to write a new constitution for France. ...could vote together to keep their privileges. ...symbolised the abuses of the absolute monarchy.