. "The Estates-General (or States-General) of 1789 (French: Les \u00C9tats-G\u00E9n\u00E9raux de 1789) was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate)."@en . .