Answer:
Louis XVI decided to hold the Estates – General, which had not been assembled since 1614 because he needed to address France’s economic crisis. The Estates-General was supposed to represent the three estates. The First Estate was the clergy, the nobility was the Second Estate, and the Third Estate held the common people.
Step-by-step explanation:
Fearing being overvoted by the most privileged estates, the representatives of the Third Estate gathered in a nearby indoor tennis court to take an oath to fight for a written constitution. King Louis XVI was pressured to force the clergy and the nobility to join with the Third Estate in the National Assembly.