The estates General 

1789 in France under the old regime, the estates general was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subject. The first Estate was the clergy, the second Estate the nobility, and the third Estates effectively the rest of French society. The three estates the first estate was the clergy the Second estate was the nobility and the third is the commoners also there’s four estates last estate is the press it was coined in 1837, reflecting their increasing prominence and power. The nobles and clergy are sneaking out the door carrying stacks of money. For most people I. France the estates general system was unfair. Although the first estate and second had much smaller population than the third estate, they had equals ranking in the Estate general. Estate general, in France of the pre Revolutionary monarchy, the representative assembly of the three estates or orders of the realm, the clergy and nobility which were privileged minor ties and the third estate which represented the majority of the people.