USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How was French society divided before the French Revolution?
A
Into nobles and commoners
B
into three estates
C
into fiefdoms
D
into two groups:free people and slaves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -France divided society into three estates under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution):-the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered not to be part of any estate.

Detailed explanation-3: -The French Society before 1789 was divided into 3 states as it was called a society of a state . On the top there were clergy who have high post or rich members . Secondly is the nobility which has Nobel peoples and third has third is state which has both educated people as well as rich or poor people both.

Detailed explanation-4: -The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. 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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The French society was divided into three classes called Estates. The first estate was clergy (priestly class). The second estate was nobles (rich people). The third estate was the commoners (poor and middle class people).

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