MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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fewer taxes
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equality
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limited power of the king
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Third Estate demanded that voting in the assembly or the Estates General should be conducted as a whole and each member should have one vote. This was rejected by King Louis XVI.
Detailed explanation-2: -Estates General The Third Estate wanted greater representation and greater political power to address issues of inequality. After weeks of dissent, no agreement was reached and the meeting of the Estates-General was disbanded.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Third Estate, which had the most representatives, declared itself the National Assembly and took an oath to force a new constitution on the king.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Third Estate comprised poor servants, small peasants, landless labourers, peasants artisans, big businessmen, merchants and lawyers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The rural peasantry made up the largest portion of the Third Estate. Most peasants worked the land as feudal tenants or sharecroppers and were required to pay a range of taxes, tithes and feudal dues.