THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789-1799 - Darien Public Schools

Estates General
• 1 st Estate- Clergy…Church “nobles” Cardinals
• 2 nd Estate- Nobles…Counts and Dukes
• 3 rd Estate- Everyone Else
– Bourgeoisie
–Peasants
–Serfs
– Sans-culotte (urban poor…)
• Voting Procedures- Each Estate got one Vote-
– Nobles and Church “nobles” typically allied with one another
to outvote the third estate