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The Third Estate in Revolt
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on October 5, 2014 (go to class or lectures)
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the Third Estate
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King Louis XVI required the members of the three estates to formulate lists of                     
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also lifted constraints on freedom of           
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so that debates would be freer, more open and more               
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Abbé                            (SEE-yez) takes advantage of this
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from common birth
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brilliant young man but experienced frustration because the fact of his common birth meant he was devoid of the                          connection networks
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by age of 40 a senior and respected              but he knows he will never be able to become a bishop or archbishop
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1788 wrote "What is the Third Estate"
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the third estate can govern itself, it can be the             
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there seems to be two other stages: nobles and clergy, but in fact there is only       , since the senior clergy are all nobles
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opts to stand as a            Estate deputy in Paris, dressed in common black costume instead of his clerical fineries
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May 5, 1789:                General
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the meeting of the three estates
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by his speech, it is clear that Louis XVI is keen for                  reform
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needs this reform, especially in terms of                 , if the state is to find its way out of bankruptcy
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says the three orders should go to their separate meeting places and start discussing affairs of           
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Third Estate refuses to          separately
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insist that members of all three should meet in a              assembly
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standoff lasts        weeks
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June 20, 1789: Third Estate's meeting place has been             
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apparently an accident
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they adjourn to a nearby, indoor              court
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they take an oath not to                  until they have given France a constitution
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we will hence forth conduct ourselves as the                  Assembly
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we call on members of the other two orders to          us
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some of the Parish                do start joining them
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Maximilien                        elected to represent his province
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reports back home how              he is at the participation and enthusiasm of the Third Estate
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Louis XVI hesitates but later agrees that members should join the Third Estate as the National Assembly
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20 kilometers away in Paris
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there are            movements
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people are nervous
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rumors spread
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that hostile members of the court are preparing some kind of                  action
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to expel this                up National Assembly
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the National Assembly as it calls itself is saved by a new act of revolution
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common people of Paris
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people who are
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fired up about the possibility of             
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anxious about the troops in their city
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             since the harvest of 1788 had been poor
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Louis XVI dismisses finance minister             
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the one non-           in his cabinet
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the trigger that sent          into the people of Paris
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why would the king expel the one non-noble in his court?
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Camille                     
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had been in school with Robespierre before the Revolution
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street              who encouraged crowds in Paris to take part in the revolution to protect the Third Estate
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unruly crowds in Paris
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turned their anger against the custom houses
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               wall had been built around the city of Paris with 48 customs houses
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taxes were levied here and were terribly unpopular
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turned their attention for the search for weapons
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break into the Invalide, the great hospital
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the cry goes up to take the fortress of                 
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14th of July, laid siege to the fortress
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soldiers open fire and scores of Parisians lie dead and wounded
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governor who called for the shootings                      and is put to death in a particularly cruel way, effective hacked to pieces by the mob
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Hanging of Foulon and Bertier de Sauvigny
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July 22, 1789
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Sauvigny,            of Paris
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Foulon was marked to replace Necker
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they tried to escape but where caught, killed in a cruel way, and their              were displayed in the city
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these acts proved difficult for the Third Estate
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on the one hand, these acts saved the National Assembly
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on the other hand there are some acts of              which have been committed
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Marquis de                   
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had been the head of forces who helped Americans
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elected him
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powerful and wealthy noble
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Bailly
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chosen as the first elected mayor of Paris
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the National Assembly seemed to be successful
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but it is an extraordinary                            that the people of Paris have unleashed against the regime

People:

Abbé Sieyès (1748-1836)
French Roman Catholic abbé whose 1789 pamphlet "What is the Third Estate?" became the de facto manifesto of the French Revolution
  • first name Emmanuel
  • was among the instigators of the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire (9 November), which brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power
  • coined the term "sociologie"
An Introduction to the French Revolution
The Essentials of 18th Century France
18th Century French Clergy and Nobility
The Importance of Regionalism and Locality in 18th Century France
The Contribution of the Philosophes to the French Revolution
What were People of 18th Century France Reading?
The Atlantic Democratic Revolution and the Republic of Letters
1780s France Financial Crisis and its Repercussions
The Third Estate in Revolt
The Peasantry in Revolt
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The October Days
1789-91: Making the New Nation
Unresolved Issues of the Revolution