{"id":4467,"date":"2015-01-25T00:34:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T05:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2016-02-01T14:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T19:07:51","slug":"power-struggles-present-in-the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-third-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/2015\/01\/25\/power-struggles-present-in-the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-third-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Struggles Present in the Declaration of Independence and The Third Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Declaration of Independence <\/em>clearly establishes the kind power the United States is looking for through a representation of Britain\u2019s tight control. The Declaration of Independence <\/em>exemplifies how the king caused \u201crepeated injuries and usurpations\u201d (Blaisdell 64) as well as acted in every way \u201cwhich may define a tyrant\u201d (Blaisdell 66). The United States is looking for a government that allows power to be given to the people. The authors of this document believe that men are born with certain rights, and in order to protect those rights, the people should have a say in the government. The Declaration of Independence <\/em>goes on to state that is the \u201cRight of the People\u201d to alter the government if the government were not working or becomes \u201cdestructive\u201d in any way (Blaisdell 64). The main intent behind this document is to stray away from the \u201cabsolute tyranny,\u201d and create an inclusive government where the people\u2019s voices are heard (Blaisdell 64).<\/p>\n

Siey\u00e8s argues over power among classes in his What is the Third Estate? <\/em>He argues that the privileged have set limits to the third estate, stating, \u201cyou can go so far and no further\u201d (Blaisdell 72). However, Siey\u00e8s points out that it is the third estate that occupies certain jobs that keep society running as it should, therefore, the third state is everything and should have more rights. Siey\u00e8s goes on to claim that the privileged do not help society because of its \u201cidleness,\u201d but are granted certain rights because of their place in society (Blaisdell 73). Siey\u00e8s continues\"\"<\/a>, stating that nobility has special rights making them \u201ca people apart in the great nation\u201d which forms the separation of powers between the third estate and the nobility (Blaisdell 73). Siey\u00e8s believed the nation would be better off without the nobility because the third state held society together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Declaration of Independence clearly establishes the kind power the United States is looking for through a representation of Britain\u2019s tight control. The Declaration of Independence exemplifies how the king caused \u201crepeated injuries and usurpations\u201d (Blaisdell 64) as well as … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110560],"tags":[54159,2758,1107,2291,87005,1872],"class_list":["post-4467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hist107-archive","tag-declaration-of-independence","tag-france","tag-government","tag-power","tag-third-estate","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}