1. This picture draws attention the social conflicts that were happening during the Estate General, by depicting the third estate, middle-class lawyers or officials representing the people, being brought down. The picture shows those in the first two estates, the clergy of the Catholic Church, and the nobles, standing looking freighted by the man on the ground, who is part of the third estate, by the looks of his outfit. During this time the king refused to mandate voting by head or person rather than by order, because of this the third estate fought back, for if they did vote by head the third estate would have the advantage over the other two estates. They held meetings and elected deputies to write down their grievances, by doing this they thought the king would solve all their problems, but then France experienced a food shortage. During this time many of the poorest people went hungry as prices rose, and because high unemployment rates they were not able to work in the textile factories, so they used it to fight back. When the Estate General opened up, about 1200 deputies stormed the palace of Versailles, and demanded the votes be counted by head rather than order. After six weeks the third estate said anyone wanting to vote by head could join the General Assembly, and with a very narrow margin, the clergyman voted
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In The Rights of Minorities (1789), Clermont Tonnerre, begins by explaining that the new constitution that France wants to establish has the rights of man and citizens, but the requirements are fixed for those eligible. Tonnerre defends those limitations by saying, “prejudices should be silent in the face of language of the law,” he wrote a decree to defend those who become ineligible because of their professions and religion, and states that they should not be discriminated against because of that. After explaining that everyone should be equal, he than explains why the Jewish people should not be equal, and gives the reason of their
In The Rights of Minorities (1789), Clermont Tonnerre, begins by explaining that the new constitution that France wants to establish has the rights of man and citizens, but the requirements are fixed for those eligible. Tonnerre defends those limitations by saying, “prejudices should be silent in the face of language of the law,” he wrote a decree to defend those who become ineligible because of their professions and religion, and states that they should not be discriminated against because of that. After explaining that everyone should be equal, he than explains why the Jewish people should not be equal, and gives the reason of their