HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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All of the estates in French society believed the government should be changed.
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Members of the First Estate believed those in the Second Estate should have greater rights and privileges.
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Members of the Second Estate demanded significant social and financial reform.
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Members of the Third Estate were dissatisfied with social and economic inequality.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French society was divided into three classes called Estates. The first estate was clergy (priestly class). The second estate was nobles (rich people). The third estate was the commoners (poor and middle class people).
Detailed explanation-2: -The middle class emerged as the immediate winners of the revolution as they broke down the barriers of the estate system through political reformation. However, the revolt of the peasants and urban working class perpetuated the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -France divided society into three estates under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution):-the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered not to be part of any estate.