USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cahiers de doléances (or simply Cahiers as they were often known) were the lists of grievances drawn up by each of the three Estates in France, between January and April 1789, the year in which the French Revolution began.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each Estate had drawn up a list of grievances called Cahiers de Doléances. As part of the electoral process of 1789, the cahiers were intended to inform and instruct the deputies of local views and authorize reform. There was general consensus among the three Estates: That the royal power had to be limited.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cahiers were lists of concerns or grievances compiled in the spring of 1789 and were to serve as mandates for representatives elected to the Estates-General of France, which convened the following summer. Approximately 40, 000 cahiers were composed during the spring months.

Detailed explanation-4: -The cahiers were intended to inform and instruct the deputies of local views and authorize reform. Cahiers of the third estate were written at the parish level, then consolidated at the bailliage/sénéchaussée level by order, providing a superb source for those interested in public opinion in the spring of 1789.