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The Calling of the Estates General. Essential Question. What were the complaints of the 3 rd Estate and how did they change the French Government?. Background: Calling the Estates General. Estates General Assembly of representatives from all three estates Goal: Reform Taxing, Fix the Debt
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Essential Question • What were the complaints of the 3rd Estate and how did they change the French Government?
Background: Calling the Estates General • Estates General • Assembly of representatives from all three estates • Goal: Reform Taxing, Fix the Debt • Voting in Estates General • One vote per estate • 1st and 2nd outvote 3rd • 3rd estate = commoners; 98% of population • Issues: Inequality, King’s lack of leadership, 3rd Estate frustrations
Estates General Skit • Follow along with your copy of the skit. • There will be questions to answer after we’re finished
Questions (answer on paper) • 1. Why did King Louis call the Estates General? • 2. What ideas do the 3rd Estate bring with it? • 3. In line 24, what does Necker warn the King about? • 4. In line 33 & 52, what is being proposed by the 3rd Estate? • 5. Using line 42, what are the views of the 1st and 2nd estate? • 6. In line 66, how have the demands/goals changed for the 3rd Estate? List some of the demands/goals of the 3rd Estate found on the last page. • 7. Describe the King’s leadership and the effect it had.
Questions (answer on paper) • 1. What ideas do the 3rd Estate bring with it? • 2. In line 33 & 52, what is being proposed by the 3rd Estate? • 3. In line 66, how have the demands/goals changed for the 3rd Estate? List some of the demands/goals of the 3rd Estate found on the last page. • 4. Describe the King’s leadership and the effect it had.
Directions • Read about the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen and the French Constitution • Answer the questions using those excerpts