WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Second Estate These Nobles owned most of the land in France and made their money from taxes paid to them by the Third Estate. They were also exempt from personal taxes which, like the members of the First Estate, meant that whatever wealth they made they got to keep.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Second Estate nobility was 2% of the population and owned 20% of the land. They paid almost no taxes. The Third Estate was 97% of the population. Within this estate was an upper & middle class called the bourgeois.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Third Estate retained the burden of producing the wealth for the two privileged Estates and also the responsibility of paying nearly all of the taxes.