FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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First Estate
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Second Estate
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Third Estate
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French society was divided into three classes called Estates. The first estate was clergy (priestly class). The second estate was nobles (rich people). The third estate was the commoners (poor and middle class people).
Detailed explanation-3: -French society was divided into three classes known as Estates with the First Estate being the clergy, the Second Estate being the nobility and the Third Estate, which included the rest of the society consisting of peasants and the middle class merchants and professionals.
Detailed explanation-4: -This system was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobility (the Second Estate), and commoners (the Third Estate).