FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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The Third Estate paid most of the taxes
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The church paid the most amount of taxes
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The French government did not collect taxes
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The second Estate paid most of the taxes
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -All members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the state. These included a direct tax, called taille, and a number of indirect taxes which were levied on articles of everyday consumption like salt or tobacco.
Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, the 3rd Estate comprised the rest of the population. They had very little rights and paid nearly half of their income in taxes. Individuals in the 3rd Estate could be peasants, lawyers, laborers, or land workers who were toiling away on the lands of the Nobles.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Three Estates 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.