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Estates-General deadlocks over voting procedure
- When
- May 1789
- Where
- Estates-General convening
- Part of
- Tennis Court Oath
Convened in May 1789 to address fiscal crisis, the Estates-General stalled over whether to vote by order or by head.
Summoned by King Louis XVI to address France's fiscal and agricultural crisis, the Estates-General bogged down immediately after convening in May 1789 on questions of representation, particularly whether it would vote by order or by head, the latter increasing the Third Estate's power since it greatly outnumbered the other estates.
Sources
- Tennis Court Oath Wikipedia
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