USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -All members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the state. These included a direct tax, called taille, and a number of indirect taxes which were levied on articles of everyday consumption like salt or tobacco.

Detailed explanation-2: -taille, the most important direct tax of the pre-Revolutionary monarchy in France. Its unequal distribution, with clergy and nobles exempt, made it one of the hated institutions of the ancien régime. The taille originated in the early Middle Ages as an arbitrary exaction from peasants.

Detailed explanation-3: -The taille (French pronunciation: [taj]) was a direct land tax on the French peasantry and non-nobles in Ancien Régime France. The tax was imposed on each household and was based on how much land it held, and was directly paid to the state.

Detailed explanation-4: -Taille is known as the direct tax. The indirect taxes were levied on articles such as salt or tobacco.

Detailed explanation-5: -Taille was a direct land tax. The tithe was calculated as the one-tenth part of something. Taille was imposed on each household based on how much land is held.