All members of the First Estate were Bishops or Priests
The third estate, made up of peasants, artisans and workers, which was 97% of the population, were those who benefited from the French Revolution. In particular the Bourgeoisie, a section of the third estate who were relatively wealthy, such as bankers, lawyers, doctors and other similar professions, benefited the most from the French Revolution because the Revolution put them in power. The first and the second estates, meaning the clergy and nobility, were the groups that lost the most from the French Revolution. They would not recover their pre-Revolution position until the Congress of Vienna of 1815 reinstated the French monarchy.
The French working class (a.k.a. the bourgeoisie) was represented in the Estates General by the 3rd Estate.
i think The third estate is the common people, the largest group of people in France, difficult to get rid of them. On June 17, 1789, the Third Estate began the French Revolution. The formation of the National Constituent Assembly marked the end of the Estates-General, but not of the three estates.
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" and it signified exactly what the 3rd estate (the bourgeoisie) wanted for France.
The Third Estate.
All members of the First Estate were Bishops or Priests
The third estate
The Third Estate.
In France (and many other European countries) the estates were as follows: 1st estate: Grandees of the (Catholic) Church - that is, senior bishops. 2nd estate: Noblemen. 3rd estate: Ordinary folk ('commoners'). (Serfs were below the 3rd estate).
The Catholic Clergy.
The Third Estate
The First Estate during the French Revolution was the nobility.
The Catholic Clergy.
The third estate held 97% [of which held 80% peasants] the Second estate held 1% and the First estate held 2%.
3rd estate owned land 70% during french revolution
to pay off war debts from the American revolution