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1.06 The Revolt of the Parlements
French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)
Brienn's Two Point Plan to Overthrow State and Royalty
General briene and the king dismissed the assembly on the 20 fifth of may, some three months since cologne had opened it. With progress again grinding to a halt, the notables proclaimed that they had no constitutional power. The conservatives saw the states general as a vehicle which the aristocracy could use to control leavers of power. And thus the estates general represented a constitutional way for the nobility to take power away from the monarch without passing it on to the common people.
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