third estate finds voice
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THIRD ESTATE FINDS VOICE. THE PAMPHLET WAR, ABBE SIEYES, THE CAHIERS. CALLING OF THE ESTATES GENERAL. Not since 1614 All three Estates represented King called it because…?. THE NOBILITY. Had been responsible for the Aristocratic revolt and the challenge of ‘absolutism’ - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
O Document analysis page 45 HTAV