One of the most potent political pamphlets, called What is the Third Estate, argued
A) the First and Second estates should be merged.
B) the Third estate should be abolished.
C) the King should dissolve the Estates-General.
D) the Third estate truly represented the popular mandate.
E) all the estates should be abolished in favor of a British-style parliament.
Ans: D
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