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the members of the third estate had to pay money
Poor farmers
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Third Estate was the generality of people which were not part of the other estates, or commoners. Bourgeoisie were middle class.
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The Catholic Clergy were the First Estate and were tax exempt. The Nobles made up the Second Estate and paid no taxes. Everyone else was in the Third Estate and paid all of the taxes.
The First Estate was the Catholic Clergy. The Second Estate was the Nobility. The Third Estate were the working stiffs who owned property and paid taxes.
By making the First estate and the Second estate pay taxes and thus contribute to France's budget.
the members of the third estate had to pay money
No, they did not. They were exempted from paying taxes. Only the 3rd estate (the bourgeoisie) had to pay taxes.
The Third Estate was the commons or the ordinary people, the First Estate being the clergy and the Second Estate the nobility .
the french society in the old regime was divided into three they were the ; *clergy as first estate *nobles as second estate *commoners as third estate
1. The third estate had to pay a number of taxes, could be forced to serve in the military when the occasion arose, had no authority and no political power.
royal taxes fuedal dues work taxes
The Third Estate had to pay 50% of their income tax
There were lots of different taxes. Everybody paid some; the First Estate (Clergy) hardly any, the Second Estate (Nobility) only a few, and the Third Estate (everybody else) all of them.
The Third Estate (peasants and middle class professionals) paid the most taxes, yet they were the poorest