MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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They were members of the Bourgeoisie.
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They led a coup d’état.
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They were members of the middle class.
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They led a takeover of the Bastille.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Peasants formed the largest group within the Third Estate, more than 80 per-cent of France’s 26 million people. Peasants paid about half their income in dues to nobles, tithes to the Church, and taxes to the king’s agents. They even paid taxes on such basic staples as salt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did they storm the Bastille? The Third Estate had recently made demands of the king and had demanded that the commoners have more of a say in government. They were worried that he was preparing the French army for an attack.
Detailed explanation-3: -The third estate in France was made up of wage laborers and free peasants, and it was this estate that played a pivotal role in starting the French Revolution in 1789. The leader of the third estate who led the French Revolution was Maximilien Robespierre.
Detailed explanation-4: -Individuals in the 3rd Estate could be peasants, lawyers, laborers, or land workers who were toiling away on the lands of the Nobles.