How was the national assembly similar to the estates general?

The members of the third estate played a significant role in both groups.

Explanation:

The general states were divided into three groups: the first formed the nobility, the second the clergy, and the third was made up of the rest of the subjects. The number of deputies of the third state matched the number of the other two states. The members of the third state asked to hold the meeting in the same place.

Along with this, they asked to hold it in the same room for everyone and not separately.

But the other two states did not agree

a.tensions between the colonial elites and the backcountry men of virginia.