Essays Tagged: "Estates"
French Revolution
ize more especially the relations between the Revolution and the Church (see FRANCE).MEETING OF THE ESTATESThe starting point of the French Revolution was the convocation of the States General by Loui ... to the establishment of liberty were advocated by the clergy on the eve of the Revolution. When the Estates assembled 5 May, 1789, the Third Estate demanded that the verification of powers should be m ...
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DBQ- Causes of the French Revolution.
people but they always seemed to have less voting power than the clergy and nobles. The 1st and 2nd Estates took up 3% of the total population and counted as two thirds of the total votes, while the 3 ... o pay more in taxes and they didn't even receive the same amount of voting power as the 1st and 2nd Estates. The lower class greatly outnumbered the high class and the land distribution was almost the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > The French Revolution