MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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The 3rd estate had no say in how they were ruled.
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King Louis and Marie Antoinette spent more money than France had so they but excessive taxes on the third estate
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They were embarrassed in public.
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There was little to no food for them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Regardless of their property and wealth, members of the Third Estate were subject to inequitable taxation and were politically disregarded by the Ancien Régime. This exclusion contributed to rising revolutionary sentiment in the late 1780s.
Detailed explanation-2: -High Taxes placed on the Third Estate Despite not having most of the wealth in France. They paid more than their fair share in taxes. They also had little say in government.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The king said that each estate would vote as a body (each estate would get 1 vote). The members of the Third Estate did not like this. It meant that they could always be outvoted by the much smaller First and Second Estates.