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Why was the Estates-General an unfair representative body?

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each estate got the same number of votes

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Answer:

The 3rd Estate was upset about the unfair voting in the Estates General (they were 95% of the population but only have 1 vote.) ... Louis called the Estates General because he was a weak ruler who was "bullied" into it by the wealthy/powerful social classes.

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