France is under very strict royal control of the King, King Louis, and the living conditions are horrid. Food prices go up daily, and on top of that, with each paycheck I get, more and more goes towards taxes each week. Our society is divided into 3 sections, called estates. The First Estate, also know as the clergy, consists of mainly monks and priests. The Second Estate, the nobles, is just about the same size of the first and it is made up of the Army and workers of the courts and churches. I belong to the Third Estate, the commoners. We are the largest and make up about 96% of the population. Bankers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, professors and peasants are all the people who belong to the Third Estate. I am a peasant and everyday is a constant struggle to stay alive and well. …show more content…
Everybody in the town was there, people I had never even seen before. Louis told us that he was in a financial crisis, and he had no choice but to raise the price of taxes, again. At least this time we would get to vote. At least. He made us vote by order, meaning that each Estate would get 1 vote to decide on who to tax. Both of the first two Estates, of course, voted the us, Third Estate. We tried to have the votes recounted and each person would vote themselves, we would win forsure that way, but of course nobody listened and we continued to do it the way he asked. More taxes.We all knew that something needed to change in order for life to improve, and this realization brought us 1 step closer to a democracy. Something needed to