third estate finds voice

THIRD ESTATE FINDS VOICE

THE PAMPHLET WAR, ABBE SIEYES, THE CAHIERS

CALLING OF THE ESTATES GENERAL

O Not since 1614O All three Estates representedO King called it because…?

THE NOBILITYO Had been responsible for the Aristocratic

revolt and the challenge of ‘absolutism’ O Popular with 3rd Estate

UNTIL…O 25 September 1788 – Parlement declares

Estates-General should be structured according to 1614 model…

SUPPORT LOST OVERNIGHT. THIRD ESTATE SUSPECTED THE FIRST AND SECOND ESTATES WANTED TO KEEP POWER FOR THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR THW WHOLE NATION

THE STRUCTURE OF 1614

O Each Estate representedO Equal number of deputiesO Each Estate sat separatelyO Each Estate votedO Votes were counted by ‘Estate’ (ie

Clergy 1 vote, Nobility 1 vote and Third Estate 1 vote)

DO YOU THINK THIS IS FAIR?WHY/WHY NOT?

THIRD ESTATE DEMANDS CHANGE

O Doubling of the third: doubling of the number of their deputies to the Estates General, from 300 to 600

O Voting by head O All Estates to sit together and vote as

individualsO 5 December 1788: King announces

decision to double representation but keep voting by chamber

Would this satisfy the Third Estate? Why / Why not?

PAMPHLET WARO By January 1789, elections for

deputiesO Cahiers de doleances (book of

grievences)O Pamphlet war due to relaxation of

censorship O 4000 Pamphlets published between

May 1788 – April 1789ONE OF THESE PAMPHLETS WAS

BY…

ABBE SIEYES

WHAT IS THE THIRD

ESTATE??

TO DOO Read ‘What is the Third Estate?’ by

Abbe Sieyes and answer questions

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