USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Peasants, wage earners, and the professional and business classes, collectively known as the Third Estate, bore the brunt of the tax load.

Detailed explanation-2: -The First and Second Estates were exempted from most taxes. The Third Estate retained the burden of producing the wealth for the two privileged Estates and also the responsibility of paying nearly all of the taxes.

Detailed explanation-3: -One critical difference between the estates of the realm was the burden of taxation. The nobles and the clergy were largely excluded from taxation while the commoners paid disproportionately high direct taxes.

Detailed explanation-4: -– The peasants, who alone constituted 75 to 80% of the total population, were by far the largest segment of the Third Estate. They owned about 35 to 40% of the land, although their landholdings varied from area to area and over half had little or no land on which to survive.

Detailed explanation-5: -Under third estate some were rich and some were poor. Under Louis XVI, France helped many American colonies to gain independence which pushed livres to a debt. In order to meet their expenses, the French government decided to divide society into three estates were the only third estate would pay taxes.