THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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votes were not secret
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each estate voted by how many members there were
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each estate got the same number of votes
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the King got two votes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The representation was not proportional to the population of each estate. The third estate represented over 98 per cent of the population, but the other two estates could outvote them because of the disproportional representation.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the first issues that came up at the Estates General was how they would vote. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -1. According to the principle each estate had one vote. 2. Members of the Third Estate demanded that voting must now be conducted by the assembly as a whole where each member would have one vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -Each Estate in the Estates General received one vote as a whole group. The First and Second Estates often agreed on issues and would out-vote the Third Estate, two to one.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Third Estate always had a disadvantage as each Estate would have only one vote and two wealthy estates could easily out-vote the one poor Estate but changing the voting rules would allow for a fairer voting.