Q9. The assembly of the Estates
General denied entry to which sections of French Society?
On what principle was voting
conducted in the Estates General?
What was the demand of third estate
members?
1.
Peasants, artisans and women were
denied entry to the assembly of the Estates General.
2.
Each Estate having one vote, was the
principle on which voting was conducted in the Estates General.
3.
Members of the third estate demanded
that voting now be conducted by the assembly as a whole, where each member
would have one vote.
4.
This was one of the democratic
principles put forward by philosophers like Rousseau in his book The Social
Contract.
5.
When the king rejected this
proposal, members of the third estate walked out of the assembly in protest.
