WORLD HISTORY

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: -– The peasants, who alone constituted 75 to 80% of the total population, were by far the largest segment of the Third Estate. They owned about 35 to 40% of the land, although their landholdings varied from area to area and over half had little or no land on which to survive.

Detailed explanation-3: -Only about 0.5% of the population was part of the 1st Estate. The 2nd Estate consisted of the Nobles, representing about 2% of the population. Members of the 2nd Estate also owned approximately 20% of the land, which was another symbol of wealth and status in France.

Detailed explanation-4: -The three estates were the different classes in France at the time of the revolution, each representing a particular segment of society. The first estate was the clergy; the second estate, the nobility, and the third estate the commoners. The year was 1789, the French King Louis XVI had been on the throne for 15 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Peasantry Peasants lived in the bottom tier of the Third Estate’s social hierarchy and formed between 82 and 88 percent.