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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.

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What was the class system called in the French Revolution?

The Three Estates.


Which group did not benefit from the FRENCH revolution?

The 1st and 2nd estates


How did the French Revolution punish the first and second Estates and the king and queen?

tied them to a post and beat them with a stick


Who were the members of the french estates general?

The French Estates-General was composed of three distinct estates: the First Estate, which represented the clergy; the Second Estate, representing the nobility; and the Third Estate, which included the common people, such as peasants, urban workers, and the bourgeoisie. Each estate had its own interests and power dynamics, with the Third Estate being the most populous but having the least political influence. The Estates-General was convened to address fiscal issues and social unrest, particularly leading up to the French Revolution in 1789.


How did the estates general illustrate the inequality of the French government?

The Estates General, convened in 1789, highlighted the inequality of the French government by revealing the disproportionate power held by the privileged classes. Comprising three estates—clergy, nobility, and commoners (the Third Estate)—the voting system favored the first two estates, which together constituted a minority but held the majority of votes. This imbalance underscored the systemic inequalities in representation and taxation, fueling discontent among the Third Estate, who were largely burdened by taxes yet had limited political power. The disparities illustrated by the Estates General were pivotal in sparking the French Revolution.

Related Questions

What was the class system called in the French Revolution?

The Three Estates.


Did the french revolution get rid of the three estates?

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.


Who benefited from the french revolution?

The 1st and 2nd estates


What was the 1st and 2nd estates feeling on the revolution?

The first and second estates detested the French revolution as it threatened to remove them from power and wealth.


Did the estates exist after the French Revolution?

No. The revolution created a classless society (In theory at least).


What caused the Revolution of 1830?

Cause of French RevolutionThe French Revolution was caused when King Louis XVI was taxing the Third Estates class but, not the frist or second estates class leaving them to get richer and richer.


What french meeting was on the same day the french revolution began?

It was the Etats Generaux, or Estates-General, which were a popular assembly composed of three estates, the nobility, the clergy and the 'third estate', which declared itself 'Assemblee Nationale' in June 1789. Really, the French revolution began with the Estates-General and the Serment du Jeu de Paume (or Tennis Court Oath) on June 20 1789 during which the representatives of the third estate took the pledge to write a constitution.


Which event of the French Revolution first in May 1789?

The Estates General was called into session.


What was the French revolution for?

Some major causes of the French Revolution were incapable rulers, unbalanced Estates General, economic collapse, Enlightenment ideas, and wasteful royalty.


Sort of conclusion of french revolution?

they has lots of long term problems and in the end the government came up with a new taxation law which was to tax all the three estates


Any one revolutionary figures associated with french revolution?

three estates louis 14 and 16 maximillien rebespierne napoleon bonnaparte


Which group did not benefit from the FRENCH revolution?

The 1st and 2nd estates