MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The peasants, the nobility, the Church
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The common people, the Nobility, The Church
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The Royal Family, the Nobility, The Church
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The urban poor, the peasants, the nobility
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Scotland, the Three Estates were the Clergy (First Estate), Nobility (Second Estate), and Shire Commissioners, or “burghers” (Third Estate ), representing the bourgeois, middle class, and lower class. The Estates made up a Scottish Parliament.
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: -First Estate-The First Estate was made up of the clergy. These were people who worked for the church including priests, monks, bishops, and nuns. This was the smallest estate in terms of population.
Detailed explanation-4: -The best-known system is the three-estate system of the French Ancien Régime used until the French Revolution (1789–1799). This system was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobility (the Second Estate), and commoners (the Third Estate).
Detailed explanation-5: -French society was divided into three classes known as Estates with the First Estate being the clergy, the Second Estate being the nobility and the Third Estate, which included the rest of the society consisting of peasants and the middle class merchants and professionals.