FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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Each estate had one vote
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Third Estate had too many representatives
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The people had no say in government
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The King could veto any decision
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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: -Voting in the estate general had been conducted according to the principle that each estate had one vote. But members of the third estate demanded that voting now be conducted by the assembly as a whole, where each member would have one vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Third Estate wanted to vote by head, since they could outnumber the First and Second Estate delegates with their size & the support of the poor parish priests & liberal nobles.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.