FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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One of three social classes in France before the French Revolution.
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Village in Belgium near which the Duke of Wellington led British and Prussian forces to final victory over Napoleon.
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A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
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A series of meetings in 1814-15, during which European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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).
Detailed explanation-3: -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. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -one of the three social classes in France before the French Revolution the First Estate consisting of the clergy; the Second Estate, of the nobility; and the third estate, of the rest of the population.
Detailed explanation-5: -Conditions in France before French revolution 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).