HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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1st Estate
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2nd Estate
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3rd Estate
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Third Estate (cont.) About 8% of the population, or 2.3 million people, constituted the bourgeoisie, or middle class, who owned about 20 to 25% of the land.
Detailed explanation-2: -III. The third estate comprised of rest 90% of population of France which includes peasants, workers, artisans, lower rank court officials, lawyers, landless labour, servants etc. All the taxes were to be paid by third estate while other two enjoyed various privileges and has full authority to impose taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although some of the bourgeoisie were as rich as nobles, they paid high taxes and lacked privileges like the other members of the Third Estate. Many felt that their wealth entitled them to a greater degree of social status and political power.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Third Estate This estate included wealthy merchants, educated bourgeoisie, skilled artisans, and illiterate peasants. As a proportion of the population, roughly 98% of France belonged to the Third Estate, justifying Abbe Sieyes’ description as the Third Estate being “everything”.