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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.
French Revolution Timeline May 5, 1789 A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan. June 17, 1789 Three Poitevin cures decide to join the Third Estate, leaving the Chambers of the Clergy.