... the bourgeoisie, wage earners and the peasantry. They were the majority of the population. The Third Estate was also known as the estate of the commoners. The Second Estate was for the nobility. They numbered 400 000 with most of them being of minor rank. The First Estate comprised the clergy. The Upper Clergy were very wealthy and powerful and therefore they related to the First Estate. The Lower Clergy related more to the Lower Estates. The ... of liberal nobles joined as well. So did members of the clergy. 1. At this point Revolutionary War began, and it was among the bloodiest in his...

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... and became famous for doing many things. Benjamin stands alone as the only person to have signed all four of the documents that helped to create the United States: the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce with France (1778), the Treaty of Peace between England, France, and the United States (1782), and the Constitution of the United States (1787). He actually helped to write and change parts ... and supervised construction of a fort in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. In 1757, the Pennsylvania legislature sent Franklin to London to speak for the col...

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... up with a plan for a Union" It all started when I met with the Indians to settle with them about the French and Indian war when I realized how united they were and how equal they were. They had a much stronger government than we did. They actually gave me the idea to become a Union and I agreed with the idea. " Then why didn't America become a union?" I set up a council ... of my life I met up with old fiends and traced my ancestry. " what was the final agreement about the Penns?" It took three years but the king approved the Pennsylvania assembly bill taxing the proprietary estates at ...

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