quick question (A)

[Kotza]

For the pract exam, one the french questions are:

"How did the ideas of Abbe Sieyes contribute .... etc"

obviously your answer would center around the pamphlet 'what is the third estate?', but my question is:

- How much would you refer to sieyes? Would you merely use him in the first couple of sentences and employ him as the impetus for the events of the masses that followed? Or would you constantly refer to him throughout the answer?

hope ive made it clear.

thank you

[billycrimmin]

Arguments on why the Third was the MOST important:
•   Produced food for the population
•   Processed and manufactured
•   Were dealers and merchants
•   From scientific and liberal professions to domestic services – the privileged relied on the Third Estate to do all the work
•   Basically, society could thrive without the presence of these privileged orders

Desires and requests:
•   Political representation (vote by head)
•   End of privilege (established the aristocracy as an alien body acting outside of the general will)
•   Government responsibility to the people through regular meetings of Estates General
•   Personal liberties
•   Form a National Assembly if it is in a manner beneficial to the nations
•   Make a constitution

Sieyès addressed the issues that caused the dissatisfaction among the Estates-General and by doing so, created an inspirational voice that rallied the Third Estate to form as a political force. He was able to logically define society without the privileged and thus changed centuries of common principles and beliefs upside down. Sieyès pamphlet was distributed in their droves and was one of the prime influences of the actions taken by the Third Estate against the feudalistic traditions of the Ancien Régime. Main idea: excludes the nobility.

[Kotza]

a million + karma for you

thanks so much man you are going to rape it tomorrow !!!

[billycrimmin]

i sure hope so dude! haha. the fact im still awake at 11.30 doesnt bode well however.