USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -One way that France’s social divisions in the late 1700s contributed to the French Revolution was members of the third estate were dissatisfied with social and economic inequality. Members of the third estate were the peasants and the bourgeoisie. The third estate consisted of 90% of the population in France.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did France’s social divisions in the late 1700’s contribute to the revolution? The social divisions contributed to the revolution because people wanted equality. The social divisions separated each other into different classes, along with that, not everyone was equal. Each social class came with different rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -The middle class emerged as the immediate winners of the revolution as they broke down the barriers of the estate system through political reformation. However, the revolt of the peasants and urban working class perpetuated the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -Members of the Third Estate were dissatisfied with life under the Old Regime because they had to pay high taxes and had little political power. At the same time, they were not entitled to any privileges held by the Second and First Estate.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.