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This 3 page paper examines the Declaration of the Rights of Man made in 1789 and its effect on the Third Estate. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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up to the French Revolution. This paper considers the Declaration, what its effect was on the third estate; and discusses other issues about it. Discussion The Declaration is a simple
but revolutionary (no pun intended) document that was created in August, 1789, and set forth the idea that "...all men are born with natural rights, such as liberty and property,"
and that "government and authority were instituted by humans only to protect those rights" (Hooker, 1996). It was drawn up in the new French National Assembly that followed the Estates
General; if we are to get an idea of what this meant, we have to look at a bit of French history. Formed in 1302, the Estates General was a
legislative body (The Estates-General, 1789). It met fairly regularly until the early 1600s, after that it did not meet at all until 1789, when it was called into session to
try and stave off the trouble that was brewing (The Estates-General, 1789). It was comprised of three groups or "estates"-the nobility, the clergy, and commoners, but it was also constituted
in such a way that "each Estate got the same number of members. In effect, this meant that the First and Second Estates, comprised almost unanimously of the nobility, could
always outvote the Third Estate" (Hooker, 1996). It was, in effect, a "rubber stamp" for the nobility to pass the legislation that protected their power and privilege. In addition, King
Louis had waffled on calling the Estates too long, so that members of the nobility tried to avert the deepening crisis by doubling the Third Estate, but then giving each
Estate one vote, which again meant that the Third Estate would always be outvoted two to one (Hooker, 1996). "Angry at the king and sickened by the efforts of the
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