MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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50%
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80%
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25%
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40%
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term Old Regime is usually used to describe the society and institutions of France before 1789. Fig. 2 shows how the system of estates in French society was organised. Peasants made up about 90 per cent of the population.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the French revolution, the French society was divided into three estates. The peasants belong to the third estate and have to pay all the taxes, the third estate constituted 97% of the population out of which most of them were peasants (About 90%).
Detailed explanation-3: -The bulk of a peasant’s diet came from the consumption of bread, with an adult male eating as much as two or three pounds in a day. Breads might contain oats, rye or other grains. However, the bread French peasants ate was not the fluffy but crusty white baguette we associate with France today.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Contribution of the peasants to the outbreak of the French Revolution : The peasants had to pay various taxes to the government, to the nobles and to the Church. They were subjected to forced labour, they had to work free in the land of the nobles for three days in a week.