The Cahier Discontents of the Third Estate
Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General in 1789 because of pressured by discontent and financial problems. The meeting consisted of the three Estates: the clergy, the nobility, and all the rest from banker and lawyer to peasants. The king requested and received cahiers, which were grievances drawn up by every local group of the three Estates. The following is a short extract of the cahier from the Third Estate in Carcassonne: The nation should be subject to only approved laws and taxes. The meetings of the Estates General should be fixed on specific periods. The amount of votes in the assembly should be counted by the number of members in the estate. There are no pecuniary exemptions, and taxes should be on the same and specific level throughout the nation. The due demanded from the commoners holding an estate of land should be eliminated, and a law should be passed declaring the office positions to …show more content…
The Majesty is requested not to interfere with random orders for imprisonment. There should be freedom of press, which the press should be under the authority of the principles of religion, morality, and public decency. The cahier from the Third Estate in Carcassonne uses Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu. When saying the amount of votes in the assembly should be counted by the number of members in the estate, it is similar to Montesquieu’s idea. Montesquieu purpose that the separation of power would keep any one group from obtaining total control of the government. By let the amount of member in the Third Estate be counted for, it will give a saying in the vote and not let the other Estates from having total power over the Third Estate. Voltaire’s idea, the freedom of press, is displayed in article fourteen, “Freedom to be granted also to the press, which should however be subjected, by
Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General in 1789 because of pressured by discontent and financial problems. The meeting consisted of the three Estates: the clergy, the nobility, and all the rest from banker and lawyer to peasants. The king requested and received cahiers, which were grievances drawn up by every local group of the three Estates. The following is a short extract of the cahier from the Third Estate in Carcassonne: The nation should be subject to only approved laws and taxes. The meetings of the Estates General should be fixed on specific periods. The amount of votes in the assembly should be counted by the number of members in the estate. There are no pecuniary exemptions, and taxes should be on the same and specific level throughout the nation. The due demanded from the commoners holding an estate of land should be eliminated, and a law should be passed declaring the office positions to …show more content…
The Majesty is requested not to interfere with random orders for imprisonment. There should be freedom of press, which the press should be under the authority of the principles of religion, morality, and public decency. The cahier from the Third Estate in Carcassonne uses Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu. When saying the amount of votes in the assembly should be counted by the number of members in the estate, it is similar to Montesquieu’s idea. Montesquieu purpose that the separation of power would keep any one group from obtaining total control of the government. By let the amount of member in the Third Estate be counted for, it will give a saying in the vote and not let the other Estates from having total power over the Third Estate. Voltaire’s idea, the freedom of press, is displayed in article fourteen, “Freedom to be granted also to the press, which should however be subjected, by