Why hadn’t the estates general been used in 150 years prior to this time?
a. the nobles did not want to allow peasants to have a say.
c. the clergy feared that they would lose their power.
b. the king feared that it would give the nobles too much power.
d. the third estate, making up 98% of the people, highly objected to it

Which statement best describes standard oil in the late 1800s? standard oil controlled only a small number of the nation’s oil refineries. standard oil was a single business that operated in a small region. standard oil controlled only the means and methods of oil production. standard oil owned ninety percent of all oil refineries in the united states.