MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Always wear a crown
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carrying the heaviest burden
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often dressed better than the other
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are direct in what they want
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Third Estate was made up of everyone else, from peasant farmers to the bourgeoisie – the wealthy business class. While the Second Estate was only 1% of the total population of France, the Third Estate was 96%, and had none of the rights and priviliges of the other two estates.
Detailed explanation-2: -With around 27 million people, or 98 per cent of France’s population, the Third Estate was by far the largest of the three. Despite this it was politically invisible, unrepresented in and wielding no influence on the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biltmore Estate, North Carolina The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, is the largest home in the U.S. and comes in at a staggering 175, 000 square feet. That’s nearly 70, 000 square feet more than the next biggest home in the U.S.
Detailed explanation-4: -The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. 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.