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Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès: The Third Estate

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Sruly Brach
Mr Semach P. 4
10/22/14
What is the third Estate? The Third Estate by Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès is a pamphlet written pre-French Revolutionary war about the importance, yet no appreciation of the Third Estate. In the first section of his essay I will discuss the three causes of the French Revolution: The financial crisis, the lack of nationalism, and the misrepresentation. In the second section of this essay I will discuss three topics about Sieyès: his background, his relationship to the third estate and his role in the mid and post revolution government. In the final section of this essay I will discuss the development of the French Revolution. These three sections will provide information to better understand the pamphlet written by Sieyès and the revolution in general. …show more content…

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