<P> On 13 June 1789 , the Third Estate had arrived at a resolution to examine and settle the powers of the three orders . They invited the clergy and nobles to work with them on this endeavor . On 17 June , with the failure of efforts to reconcile the three estates , the Communes completed their own process of verification and almost immediately voted a measure far more radical : they declared themselves redefined as the National Assembly , an assembly not of the estates , but of the people . They invited the other orders to join them but made it clear that they intended to conduct the nation 's affairs with or without them . As their numbers exceeded the combined numbers of the other estates , they could dominate any combined assembly . </P>
why did the third estate leave the estates general meeting
the failure of efforts to reconcile the three estates