EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Clergy
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Nobility
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Everyone else
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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: -The Third Estate was the lowest estate in the Old Regime. It is made up of three groups: Bourgeoisie, Artisans, and Peasants. Peasants owned 40% of the land and owned half of their income to the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Three Estates The France of King Louis XVI was a country divided. French society comprised three Estates, the aristocracy, the clergy and the bourgeoisie and working classes, over which the King had absolute sovereignty. The First and Second Estates were exempted from most taxes.