MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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First Estate
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Second Estate
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Third Estate
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nobility
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Third Estate, or the commoners of society, constituted the overwhelming majority of the French population.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The best known system is the French Ancien Régime (Old Regime), a three-estate system which was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobles (Second Estate), peasants and bourgeoisie (Third Estate).
Detailed explanation-4: -Third Group-Peasants: largest group within the Third Estate. This group was 80 percent of France’s population. This group paid half of their income to the nobles, tithes to the Church, and taxes to the king’s agents.