EMERGENCE OF USA
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION
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The Émigrés, who struggled with forced immigration
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The First Estate, who wanted to launch a religious war
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The Second Estate, who feared the rise of the bourgeoisie
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The Third Estate, who carried all of the tax burden
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Third Estate consisting of peasants and workers formed the majority of the population. They were burdened with excessive taxes with no political and social rights. As a result, they were extremely discontent.
Detailed explanation-2: -The third estate in France was made up of wage laborers and free peasants, and it was this estate that played a pivotal role in starting the French Revolution in 1789. The leader of the third estate who led the French Revolution was Maximilien Robespierre.
Detailed explanation-3: -The First and Second Estates were exempted from most taxes. 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -It put an end to the French monarchy, feudalism, and took political power from the Catholic church. It brought new ideas to Europe including liberty and freedom for the commoner as well as the abolishment of slavery and the rights of women.
Detailed explanation-5: -Regardless of their property and wealth, members of the Third Estate were subject to inequitable taxation and were politically disregarded by the Ancien Régime. This exclusion contributed to rising revolutionary sentiment in the late 1780s.