1. _____ & ______ were the prominent representatives of third estate's gathering.
2. In "The Spirit of the Laws", _______ proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.
3. Name any two philosophers who proposed the ideas of an ideal society to achieve equality & Right to vote.
4. On what principle was voting conducted in the Estates General?
5. What is the significance of the "Tennis Court Oath" in the French Revolution ?
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Answer:
Montesquieu
Rousseau carried the idea forward, proposing a form of government based on a social contract between people and their representatives. In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.
Answer:
1 ) The king Louis XVI and his minister were the prominent representative of third estate 's gathering.
2 ) The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.
3 ) Enlightenment philosophers John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all developed theories of government in which some or even all the people would govern. These thinkers had a profound effect on the American and French revolutions and the democratic governments that they produced.
4 ) The king Louis 16 favour for the traditional voting system. Voting in the estate general was conducted on the principal of each state one vote.
5 ) The Tennis Court Oath was significant because it showed the growing unrest against Louis XVI and laid the foundation for later events, including: the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the storming of the Bastille.