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Criticism of government waste, taxes and corruption, calls for more frequent meetings of the Estate-General, better taxation and they wanted free press. In general they demanded equality of rights.

The Estate-General was organised in a way which allowed aristocratic and church dominance over the Commoners (i.e. the third Estate.)

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