MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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97
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Detailed explanation-1: -The clergy’s wealth was a product of taxes and tithes paid by the commoners. Many clergy lived extravagantly, similar to the nobles of the Second Estate. Yet, despite their social and political dominance, they only made up 0.5 percent of the population of France during the ancien régime.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Third Estate comprised all other members of french society (the commoners). The vast majority of the population belonged to the Third Estate (roughly 98% of 27 million people).
Detailed explanation-3: -"The clergy and the nobles together constituted 3% of the French population. They owned about 60% of the land.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Third Estate included the bourgeoisie, or middle class, and peasants. But here was the problem: The top two estates were just 2% of the population, and the bourgeoisie and peasants made up 98 percent. This meant that for every 100 people in France, two were wealthy and 98 were middle class or poor.