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After assessing the situation, Necker insisted that Louis XVI call together the Estates-General, a French congress that originated in the medieval period and consisted of three estates. The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobility, and the Third Estate effectively the rest of French society.
The Estates General. The Estates General (French, Ãtats GÃ©nÃ©raux) was a representative assembly of the Ancien RÃ©gime, comprised of deputies from all Three Estates. Unlike modern assemblies the Estates General did not meet regularly; instead, it was summoned occasionally by the king, often in times of war or crisis.