EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Nobles
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Church Clergy
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Peasants
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The King
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Detailed explanation-1: -The peasants belong to the third estate and have to pay all the taxes, the third estate constituted 97% of the population out of which most of them were peasants (About 90%).
Detailed explanation-2: -The tax system in pre-revolutionary France largely exempted the nobles and the clergy from taxes. The tax burden therefore devolved to the peasants, wage-earners, and the professional and business classes, also known as the Third Estate.
Detailed explanation-3: -The peasants paid taxes to the state such as taille (land tax), gabelle (salt tax), etc., and provided free labour (corvee) for the construction of public roads.
Detailed explanation-4: -The third Estate = Businessman, merchants, small farmers, artisans, servants, and labors belonged to this group. And they had to pay all types of taxes including tithes and taille.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which group paid the most taxes? The Third Estate. The First and Second Estate did not have to pay most taxes, while peasants paid taxes on many things, including necessities.