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The third estate consisted of the commoners/peasants.
The 3rd estate was the lower class of all 3 estates. The 1st estate was the wealthy clergy and the 2nd estate was the nobility. The 3rd estate included merchants, peasants, city workers, and the middle class. Hope this is what you were looking for!(:
The commoners.
In France, the majority of people belonged to the Third Estate before the French Revolution. This estate encompassed the commoners, including the bourgeoisie (middle class) and peasants. They made up the largest portion of the population but held the least privilege and political power compared to the First and Second Estates (clergy and nobility).
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 third estate consisted of the commoners/peasants.
those in the third estate represented the commoners and those that did not belong in the first and second class
No, the Third Estate was the commoners. The Nobility made up the Second Estate. It is possible that a very small number of the commoners could have bought and sold the homes and estates of various Nobles. Most were peasants or urban poor who lacked the price of a loaf of bread.
I believe the first estate are the religious people, the clergy if you will. The second estate were all the Aristocrats, Nobles and Merchants, and the third estate contained everybody else like the workers and commoners.
first- clergy second- nobles third- peasants & bourgeoisie
The third estate. The first estate was made up of the clergy, the second estate was made up of the nobles and the peasants made up the third estate.
The 3rd estate was the lower class of all 3 estates. The 1st estate was the wealthy clergy and the 2nd estate was the nobility. The 3rd estate included merchants, peasants, city workers, and the middle class. Hope this is what you were looking for!(:
The French working class. It includes the peasants, the bourgeois, and the merchants. Essentially, the Third Estate was everyone who was not a part of the noble class (Second Estate) or the clergy (First Estate).
The commoners of the Third Estate included the middle class,peasants and city workers. The middle class was known as the bourgeoisie,which included doctors, merchants, storekeepers and artisans. Thebourgeoisie was very outspoken in condemning the privileges of thenobility. They were unhappy with the Old Regime, because it gave unfairadvantages to people of the First and Second Estates, who made up lessthan 2% of the population, and yet were the only ones who could becomearmy officers or high church officials. The commoners had to pay a tithe,or tax on their income, while the other two estates wenttax-free.
The commoners.
It consisted of 95 to 97 percent of the French population. (apex) It was the commoners of France, the working men and women. Bankers, Brokers and Barristers.
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).