The Third Estate
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ANCIEN RÉGIME
- Three estates
- Clergy- 100,000
- Nobles- 400,000
- 3rd estate- 24 million
- Serfs, free peasants, and urban residents
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
- Louis XVI called estates general
- 3rd estate demanded reform
- 1st and 2nd stymied efforts
- 3rd estate seceded
- Became National Assembly
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONT.
- Formation resulted in insurrections
- Abolished feudal system
- Peasants no longer owed money to lords
- Lead to constitutional monarchy
Bastille
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THE DECLARATION
- Proclaimed equality of all men
- Liberty, property, security
- Sovereignty resided in the people
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