The meeting of the Estates General was radicalized from the beginning because of the positions taken by the members of the Third Estate and also because of the leadership of a radical member of the First Estate:

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Abbé Emmanuel Sieyès was a radical member of the First Estate who argued in his pamphlet "What is the Third Estate?" that the Third Estate represented the true strength of the nation and should have equal representation in government with the First and Second Estates. This position radicalized the Third Estate members and was a major factor in the radicalization of the Estates General.

The Meeting of the Estates General Was Radicalized from the Beginning