MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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increasing equality among classes as a result of government policies
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a growing rift between the clergy and nobility over tax exemptions
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establishment of a political alliance between peasants and bourgeoisie
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resentment by the Third Estate of noble and clerical privileges
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Detailed explanation-1: -French Society Divided Under this ancien régime, or old order, everyone in France was divided into one of three social classes, or estates. The First Estate was made up of the clergy; the Second Estate was made up of the nobility; and the Third Estate comprised the vast majority of the population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Before the Revolution France was a monarchy ruled by the king. The king had total power over the government and the people. The people of France were divided into three social classes called “estates.” The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate was the nobles, and the Third Estate was the commoners.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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.