MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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1st Estate
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2nd Estate
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3rd Estate
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Estate System
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Three Estates The France of King Louis XVI was a country divided. French society comprised three Estates, the aristocracy, the clergy and the bourgeoisie and working classes, over which the King had absolute sovereignty.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Third Estate paid many different taxes to different people. Every year they had to pay a tithe (a religious tax, usually 10% of their income) to the First Estate. The Third Estate also had to often pay the Second Estate to use land owned by the Second Estate for farming.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of Estate System (noun) A stratified system consisting of the clergy, nobility, and commoners; with interlocking legal rights and obligations.
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.