What was the significance of the meeting of the estates general in 1789

It was the first time the estates generall had met in over 200 (think, fact check me) years. This was what louis had hopes would make the new taxes he hoped to impose tolerable. Essentailly, everything went south and the third estate ended up causing the french revolution.

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.