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Week Two Module 2 Discussion

1) The document discusses two primary sources from the French Revolution period - Abbé Sieyes' "What is the Third Estate?" from 1791 and an anonymous 1789 manuscript called "A Woman's Cahier." 2) Sieyes argues that the common people, or Third Estate, hold the true power in a nation and should not serve the aristocracy. He advocates for a more equal society. 3) "A Woman's Cahier" promotes women's rights and equality, including the right to vote, own property, and access to education. It addresses women's issues in the context of broader revolutionary goals. 4) Both sources question existing power structures and advocate for more fairness,

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Week Two Module 2 Discussion

1) The document discusses two primary sources from the French Revolution period - Abbé Sieyes' "What is the Third Estate?" from 1791 and an anonymous 1789 manuscript called "A Woman's Cahier." 2) Sieyes argues that the common people, or Third Estate, hold the true power in a nation and should not serve the aristocracy. He advocates for a more equal society. 3) "A Woman's Cahier" promotes women's rights and equality, including the right to vote, own property, and access to education. It addresses women's issues in the context of broader revolutionary goals. 4) Both sources question existing power structures and advocate for more fairness,

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Week Two Module 2 Discussion

Grace Gomez

National University

HIS234: World Civilization 11

Dr. Lindsay Parker

11/1/2024
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Topic 1: The Rights of Man (and Woman?)

In terms of the common people, Abbé Sieyes, in his political declaration entitled “What is

the Third Estate?” calls attention to what / how this Third Class has significant importance

(Sieyès 1791). He argues that the Third Estate should not serve less than the privileged orders

because it is the true power of a nation. The two groups highlighted are the bourgeoisie and

common people because Sieyes reasoned that power should come from the masses rather than

the aristocracy.

Indeed, the piece carries a revolutionary tone that relates to its radical beliefs that were

also found in the French Revolution. His decisions about turning the current social framework in

its head and fortifying the Third Estate reflect the revolutionary drive of those times, which

aimed to create a more leveled society.

It is The Woman’s Cahier, an anonymous manuscript from 1789 which says a lot about

the issues that women were dealing with during the revolution period. It allows women to be

equal in terms of rights, including the right to vote, own property, and access to education. A

Woman’s Cahier is evidently focused on gender-specific issues, yet the concerns are similar to

those of Sieyes’. Both writings promote a more inclusive and just society (A Woman’s Cahier

1789). Its goal is to help women deal with their own problems in light of broader revolutionary

aspirations by proposing a specific set of demands that are relevant only to them.

The main ideas of both primary sources–questioning existing power structures and

advocating for more fairness are covered, though they take different courses reflecting the vast

spectrum of problems associated with the revolutionary movement.


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References

A Woman’s Cahier. (1789, May 1). https://revolution.chnm.org/items/show/272

CrashCourse, & Green, J. (2012). The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29. In

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTvKwCylFY

Reilly, K. (2019). The human journey : a concise introduction to world history. Volume 2, 1450

to the present. Rowman & Littlefield.

Sieyès, E. J. (1791). What Is the Third Estate?(1789). teoksessa Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès,

Political Writings. Including the Debate between Sieyès and Tom Paine in, 92-162.

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