What is the Third Estate? By Emmanuel Sieyes

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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.


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