MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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First
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Second
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Third
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They all paid the same taxes
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Detailed explanation-1: -3. The third Estate = Businessman, merchants, small farmers, artisans, servants, and labors belonged to this group. And they had to pay all types of taxes including tithes and taille.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Three Estates The First and Second Estates were exempted from most taxes. The Third Estate retained the burden of producing the wealth for the two privileged Estates and also the responsibility of paying nearly all of the taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -All members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the state. These included a direct tax, called taille, and a number of indirect taxes which were levied on articles of everyday consumption like salt or tobacco.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under third estate some were rich and some were poor. Under Louis XVI, France helped many American colonies to gain independence which pushed livres to a debt. In order to meet their expenses, the French government decided to divide society into three estates were the only third estate would pay taxes.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Third Estate was made up of everyone else, from peasant farmers to the bourgeoisie – the wealthy business class.