1789 ⟶ Sieyès Publishes 'What is the Third Estate?'

January: The Abbé Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes a pamphle...
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1789

📜 Sieyès Publishes 'What is the Third Estate?'

January: The Abbé Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes a pamphlet, What is the Third Estate?? he writes; "What is the Third Estate?? Everything. What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing. What does it demand to be? Something." The pamphlet is widely distributed.⟶
Sieyès Publishes 'What is the Third Estate?' (1789)
Third EstateSieyèsPamphletEnlightenmentPolitical PhilosophyRepresentationSocial ClassRevolutionary IdeasFrench RevolutionPolitical Discourse

🏛️ Third Estate Declares National Assembly

June 17: On the proposal of Sieyès, the deputies of the Third Estate declare themselves the National Assembly. To ensure popular support, they decree that taxes need only be paid while the Assembly is in session.⟶
Third Estate Declares National Assembly (1789)
French RevolutionNational AssemblyThird EstateSieyèsRepresentationTaxationPolitical ReformEstates-General