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    1. The Estates General meeting in 1789 led to revolution in France. It was controversial because the Third Estate, which represented the common people, was outnumbered by the other estates and their needs were not addressed. 2. King Louis XVI sided with the nobility over the Third Estate, betraying the common people who were loyal to him. This caused the Third Estate to lead the revolution and point fingers at the nobility. 3. Abbé Sieyès wrote a pamphlet declaring that the nobility was useless and the Third Estate represented the nation and should be sovereign. This influenced the revolution.

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    1. The Estates General meeting in 1789 led to revolution in France. It was controversial because the Third Estate, which represented the common people, was outnumbered by the other estates and their needs were not addressed. 2. King Louis XVI sided with the nobility over the Third Estate, betraying the common people who were loyal to him. This caused the Third Estate to lead the revolution and point fingers at the nobility. 3. Abbé Sieyès wrote a pamphlet declaring that the nobility was useless and the Third Estate represented the nation and should be sovereign. This influenced the revolution.

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    Revolution Begins

    Read Palmer, Colton, Kramer (2007) #42, pages 356-358


    Notes—what I need to know Questions and Connections
    1. ​Estates General Basically the Estates General was a meeting of the three
    meeting​—What estates with the king. The problem was that the Third Estate
    was the big was very outnumbered and the Estates General needed
    controversy? reform. The result was the King taking the nobles' side and
    Result? leaving the Third Estate angry and betrayed.

    2. ​Explain “ the It all started with the Estates General. The nobles, in hopes
    nobility initiated to become the propoderant political element of the state,
    the Revolution” wished for France to be completely governed through the
    how? Estates General, a supreme body in three chambers: one for
    Why? nobles, one for clergy in which higher officers were also
    nobles, and one for the Third Estate. The Third Estate
    vehemently disagreed with this as they had no desire to be
    governed by lords temporal and spiritual. This eventually
    leads to King Louis taking the side of the nobles instead of
    the people which eventually propels the revolution.
    3. ​Abbé Sieyès Who was he?
    He was a French Writer that wrote a famous pamphlet called
    What is the Third Estate?
    What were his ideas?
    He declared that the nobility was a useless caste which
    could be abolished without loss. And that the Third Estate
    was the one necessary element of society, as it was identical
    with the nation and that the nation was absolutely and
    unqualifiedly sovereign.

    4. ​Timeline​: The Estates General was planned to meet at Versailles


    May 1789 however the Third Estate would not accept the division of the
    orders into the three separate chambers, causing a deadlock
    for six weeks.
    June 13, 1789 A few priests left the chamber of the First Estate and came
    over to sit with the Third.
    June 17, 1789 The Third Estate declared itself the “National Assembly”

    June 20, 1789 The “Oath of the Tennis Courts” was signed

    5. ​Which group The Third Estate now controls the revolution. This is
    controls the revol. because essentially King Louis XVI failed to stick up for the
    now?​ Explain. Third Estate, the group that had the most loyalty towards
    him. Obviously feeling betrayed and angry, the Third Estate
    became the leaders of the Revolution. With their fingers
    pointed towards the nobles.
    6. ​Louis XVI King Louis XVI took the side of the nobles. This was such a
    Whose side did he big deal because it was traditional in France for the king to
    take? oppose feudalism. As for centuries the French monarchy had
    drawn strength from the bourgeoisie. He failed to assert
    What did he do himself and lost control over the Estates general. He exerted
    wrong? no leadership, offered no program until it was too late, and
    provided no symbol behind which parties could rally. He tried
    to compromise and then postone a crisis. Which caused him
    to issue orders which the Third Estate vehemently defied.

    Use the Alpha Read:


    history.com link https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/estates-gener
    al/
    7. How long since 312 years. This is because Louis XIV considered it
    the last Est. Gen. unnecessary in an age of absolute monarchical power. It
    meeting? Why? was also not summoned by his successor, Louis XV. When
    Louis XVI convocated [called together] the assembly in
    1789, many considered this a sign of weakening monarchical
    power.
    8. What kind of Ordinary priests and clergymen dominated elections for the
    people represented First Estate; as a result of this, 208 of the 296 First Estate
    the 1​st​ Estate? deputies were parish priests while only 47 were bishops.
    Some 282 (or 70 per cent)
    9. Who The Third Estate deputies were more representative of the
    (jobs/class?) bourgeoisie​ than the working classes. Of the 610 Third
    represented the 3​rd Estate deputies, almost half held some kind of venal office.
    Estate? Two-thirds were qualified in the law and about half that
    Who wasn’t number were practising lawyers.
    represented?

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