Third Estate

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The Third Estate was the broad social class in pre-revolutionary France comprising commoners—everyone not part of the clergy or nobility—that became the driving force behind the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf estate of the realm
political actor
social class
alsoKnownAs Tiers État
associatedEvent The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished)
surface form: Tennis Court Oath
comprises commoners
country Kingdom of France
dateOfSignificantAction 20 June 1789
declared National Assembly on 17 June 1789
demanded equal representation
voting by head instead of by order
excludes clergy
nobility
grievance feudal dues
heavy taxation
lack of political power
privileges of clergy and nobility
hadPoliticalRepresentationIn Estates-General of 1789
hasNotableMemberGroup Third Estate self-linksurface differs
surface form: Third Estate deputies to the Estates-General of 1789
historicalOutcome abolition of feudalism in France
end of legal division into three estates
undermining of Ancien Régime
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas
initiated formation of the National Assembly
languageOfName French
ledBy bourgeois leaders
locatedInTime Ancien Régime
pre-revolutionary France
opposedTo First Estate
Second Estate
partOf Estates of the realm in France
percentageOfPopulation large majority of French population
playedKeyRoleIn French Revolution
politicalGoal constitutional monarchy
end of feudal privileges
equality before the law
tax reform
relatedConcept popular sovereignty
representation
social inequality
relatedDocument Estates-General of 1789
surface form: Cahiers de doléances
socialStratum artisans
bourgeoisie
merchants
peasants
urban workers
succeededBy French citizenry as a unified legal category

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Estates-General of 1789 hasEstate Third Estate
Ancien Régime hasEstate Third Estate
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès notableWork Third Estate
this entity surface form: What Is the Third Estate?
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès originalTitleOfWork Third Estate
this entity surface form: Qu’est-ce que le Tiers-État ?
Scottish Estates hasPart Third Estate
Three Estates hasEstate Third Estate
French Crown exercisedPowerOver Third Estate
Kingdom of France socialClass Third Estate
royal edict of Louis XVI affectedEstate Third Estate
subject surface form: Royal Edict of Louis XVI (1789)
Third Estate hasNotableMemberGroup Third Estate self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Third Estate deputies to the Estates-General of 1789
Second Estate followedBy Third Estate
Second Estate above Third Estate
Second Estate differentiatedFrom Third Estate
First Estate contrastedWith Third Estate
Third Estate of Aix-en-Provence partOf Third Estate
this entity surface form: Third Estate of France
Ancien Régime in Paris hasEstate Third Estate
Introduction à la Révolution française hasPerspectiveOn Third Estate
this entity surface form: Third Estate in France
Bourbon France nobleEstate Third Estate