MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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The Third Estate paid all of the taxes
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The Third Estate could be outvoted by the first two estates
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The Third Estate was rarely called into session
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Summary of the Three Estates The First Estate consisted of members of the Catholic Church (the clergy). The Second Estate consisted of members of the aristocracy (the nobility). The Third Estate comprised all other members of french society (the commoners).
Detailed explanation-2: -The king said that each estate would vote as a body (each estate would get 1 vote). The members of the Third Estate did not like this. It meant that they could always be outvoted by the much smaller First and Second Estates.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Third Estate was made up of everyone else, from peasant farmers to the bourgeoisie – the wealthy business class. While the Second Estate was only 1% of the total population of France, the Third Estate was 96%, and had none of the rights and priviliges of the other two estates.