FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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The elimination of the Third Estate
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The creation of a republic
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The overthrow if the monarchy
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A dominant role for commoners in French political life
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The boycott by the Third Estate of the proceedings at Versailles.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, (born May 3, 1748, Fréjus, France-died June 20, 1836, Paris), churchman and constitutional theorist whose concept of popular sovereignty guided the National Assembly in its struggle against the monarchy and nobility during the opening months of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the pamphlet, Sieyès argues that the third estate – the common people of France – constituted a complete nation within itself and had no need of the “dead weight” of the two other orders, the first and second estates of the clergy and aristocracy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three estates were the different classes in France at the time of the revolution, each representing a particular segment of society. The first estate was the clergy; the second estate, the nobility, and the third estate the commoners. The year was 1789, the French King Louis XVI had been on the throne for 15 years.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes led the movement. Mirabeau brought out a journal and delivered powerful speeches to inspire the crowd assembled at Versailles. Although he was born in a noble family but was convinced of the need to go away with a society of feudal privilege.