MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The First Estate including the clergy, the Second Estate included the nobles and the Third Estate included the commoners.
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The First Estate including the commoners, the Second Estate included the clergy and the Third Estate included the nobles.
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The First Estate including the nobles, the Second Estate included the commoners and the Third Estate included the clergy.
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The First Estate including the commoners, the Second Estate included the nobles and the Third Estate included the clergy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -French society was divided into three classes or estates. The Clergy was the first estate. Nobles were second estate. The third estate included middle classes, the artisans and the peasants.
Detailed explanation-2: -French society was divided into three classes known as Estates with the First Estate being the clergy, the Second Estate being the nobility and the Third Estate, which included the rest of the society consisting of peasants and the middle class merchants and professionals.
Detailed explanation-3: -This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before the revolution in France, a time known as the Ancien Regime, society was divided into three distinct classes, known as the Three Estates.
Detailed explanation-5: -The three estates were the different classes in France at the time of the revolution, each representing a particular segment of society. The first estate was the clergy; the second estate, the nobility, and the third estate the commoners.