MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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First-Royalty, 2nd-Clergy, and 3rd-everyone else
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1st-Clergy, 2nd-Royalty, and 3rd-everyone else
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1st-Royalty, 2nd-everyone else, and 3rd-Clergy
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1st-The King, 2nd-Clergy and Nobles, and 3rd-poor peasants
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Detailed explanation-1: -The three estates were the different classes in France at the time of the revolution, each representing a particular segment of society. The first estate was the clergy; the second estate, the nobility, and the third estate the commoners. The year was 1789, the French King Louis XVI had been on the throne for 15 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered part of no estate.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Third Estate represented the overwhelming majority of the French population, from the wealthy urban elite to craftsmen and the peasantry.