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The Three Estates were 1) Clergy 2) Nobility 3) Third Estate NOTE: The Third Estate was, in French, the Tiers Etat. It had many times more members that the other two but, because voting was by estates, it was consiostently ouvoted. Thus the majority of the people had no say in the government. It was in France, therefore, that the phrase 'Le Tiers Monde' was coined, in English 'The Third World'.
The Second estate was the nobility. Nobles held the highest positions at court, in the church, and in government. Nobles had many privileges, and we as good as exempt from paying taxes. They had the ability to collect taxes from the peasants on their land, including old feudal taxes that should have been irrelevant in the day, but were collected so the noble could live extravagantly. The nobles owned between 20 and 30 percent of the land in France, but consisted of about 1.5 percent of the population. Ironically, it was these nobles who offered their estates as places to hold salons, when the philosophes were the ones who ended up criticizing the nobles. Under nobility there was nobility of the robe and nobility of the sword.
The second estate did not exist in the French Revolution. It had been abolished as a special political unit at the start of the French Revolution.
In the Estates General, the French representative government which met occasionally in the past, there had been three groups called estates. The Nobility, or first estate, made up one body. The clergy, or second estate, made up one body. And the common people, or third estate, made up one body. If all three bodies of the legislature agreed on a bill, it became a law.
At the beginning of the French Revolution all three groups met together as one body, the Constituent Assembly. It did away with the requirement that an assembly consisting of clergy and one of nobility approve laws. France then became a regular republic and separate estates ceased to exist.
(Actually France still lets people inherit and keep feudal titles. The titles are meaningless.)
the three estates:
la noblesse (the nobility)
le clergé (clergy)
le tiers-état (all the others, including the very large peasanry, and a very small part of 'bourgeois' who represented the lot in the assembly)
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What are the three estates in the French Revolution?
The three Estates were the First Estate which included the Catholic Clergy, the Second Estate which consisted of the French Nobles and the Third Estate which was the commoners who represented 95 to 97% of the population.
What estate in the French revolution held the most people?
The third estate
What were the percentages of the 3 estates of French Society just before the Revolution?
Just before the French revolution, the 3 estates of French society were the first estate made up of the Clergy, the second estate made up of nobles and the third estate made up of the peasants. During this time, the first estate made up 0.5% of the population, the second estate made up 1.5% and the third estate made up the remaining 98%.
Who were in the 1st Estate during the French Revolution?
The Catholic Clergy.
Why did the 3Rd estate have to pay taxes in the french revolution?
to pay off war debts from the American revolution
What is a first estate?
The First Estate during the French Revolution was the nobility.
The First Estate of the French Revolution?
The Catholic Clergy.
What percent was the First Estate from the French Revolution of the French Population?
The third estate held 97% [of which held 80% peasants] the Second estate held 1% and the First estate held 2%.
What was the least powerful social class before the french revolution?
First Estate
Least powerful social class before the french revolution?
first estate
Which estate started the French Revolution?
The Third Estate.
What are the names of the 3 Estates involved in the French Revolution?
The First Estate which was the Catholic Clergy. The Second Estate which consisted of the Nobles. Everyone else was in the Third Estate.
What are the three estates in the French Revolution?
The three Estates were the First Estate which included the Catholic Clergy, the Second Estate which consisted of the French Nobles and the Third Estate which was the commoners who represented 95 to 97% of the population.
What estate in the French revolution held the most people?
The third estate
What were the percentages of the 3 estates of French Society just before the Revolution?
Just before the French revolution, the 3 estates of French society were the first estate made up of the Clergy, the second estate made up of nobles and the third estate made up of the peasants. During this time, the first estate made up 0.5% of the population, the second estate made up 1.5% and the third estate made up the remaining 98%.
Who controlled the first estate in the estates general before the french revolution?
The First Estate was Catholic clergy, so essentially, the Pope.
Who controlled the First Estate in the the Estates-General before the French Revolution?
Pope John Paul II
