... held by commoners are taxed heavily.. " The middle class people listed grievances against the king on taxes and voting rights. Document 3, the cahiers called for fairer taxes, freedom of press, and regular meetings of the Estates General. They pointed out "in order to assure the third estate the influence it deserves because of its numbers its votes in the assembly should be taken by head- This ... is due to the fact that there are more commoners than nobles in the country, and the commoners never had the right to vote. This would give them the rights to have the government ... some pow...

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