EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The three estates in France owned land equally
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The second estate was the most numerous of the three.
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The first and second estates had landholdings out of proportion to their population
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the combined population of the first and second estate was larger than the third estate.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The robed figure represents the clergy, or first estate. The crouched figure burdened with the circle represents the commoners, or third estate.
Detailed explanation-2: -The year 1789 witnessed two far-reaching events: the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America and the eruption of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Long-range cause: Growing frustration with the monarchy’s inability to handle new social realities and problems. Immediate cause: near collapse of government finances.
Detailed explanation-4: -France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered part of no estate.