What were the Causes of the French Revolution?:Question 2 Which was a main reason that the Third Estate broke off to form the National Assembly after Louis XVI reconvened the Estates General in 1789? Select one: The French voting system meant that the Third Estate was always outvoted (left out) by the First and Second Estates. 0 The king refused to accept the Third Estate's Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 0 The Third Estate hoped to eliminate the monarchy and replace it with a representative democracy. 0 The Third Estate thought that by doing so it could convince the First Estate to take up its cause