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Estates General

Unelected tricameral parliament in the Kingdom of France from 1302 to 1789

Entityparliament tricameral legislatureQ207304

Also known as States-General

Instance of: parliament
, tricameral legislature
Country: Kingdom of France

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In France under the ancien régime, 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. It had no true power in its own right as, unlike the English Parliament, it was not required to approve royal taxation or legislation. It served as an advisory body to the king, primarily by presenting petitions from the various estates and consulting on fiscal policy.

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Started: 1302
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica Online“Estates-GeneralFrench history”Retrieved 2019-12-05
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Ended: June 17, 1789
Followed by: National Constituent Assembly
Different from: states provincial
Opposite of: states provincial

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