What is the Third Estate? By Emmanuel Sieyes
The third Estate could be a strong functioning society on it's own...
...without the nobility; they do not contribute anything.
What was the pamphlet's message?
It attacked privilege and the marginalization of the poor.
What was thee impact of Sieyes' pamphlet; What is the Third Estate?
It became the de facto manifesto of the revolution, helping to transform the Estates - General into the National Assembly in June 1789.
"What is the Third Estate?-"
"Everything."
"What has it been until now in the political order?-"
"Nothing."
"What is it asking?-"
"To be something."
The privileged caused French society to stagnate...
...by entrapping the third Estate in "servitude".
The third Estate must campaign/fight for its rights...
...it has the strength and knowledge...
Emmanuel Sieyes
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, most commonly known as the Abbé Sieyès, was a French Roman Catholic abbé, clergyman and political writer.
