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The First Estate was less than 1% of the French population and the Second Estate was between 1-2% of the population, meaning that the total between them was between 2-3%. Roughly 97% of the population was part of the Third Estate.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoBetween 3 and 5 percent depending on the year.
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Less. Probably about 2%. Some estimates for the nobility appear overstated.
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∙ 13y agoBetween 3 and 5 percent depending on the year.
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∙ 13y agoNever more than 3%, and the Nobility never exceeded 2%.
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∙ 12y agoThe first estate in France was the smallest of the three. The first estate only consisted of about one percent of the population.
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∙ 11y agoit wasn't much it was about 5 percent maybe less, because if you think about it the third estate was made up of 90 percent of the french population .
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∙ 13y agoAbout two percent were Catholic clergy.
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∙ 13y agoAbout two percent were Catholic clergy.
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∙ 13y agoAbout two percent.
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What percentage of the third estate in the french society was the clegry?
Zero. The Clergy were the FIRST Estate.
What percentage of people was the second estate?
2% The first estate took up 1%, and the third estate took up 97%
How much percentage of the population of France belonged to the Estate?
The First Estate or Catholic clergy were about two percent of the population. The Nobles or Second Estate made up about one percent of the population. Everyone else was in the Third Estate.
Describe the three estates of France Who paid the taxes?
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.
Why did the third estate refuse to follow the tradition of each estate having one vote?
It was unfair for each estate to have one vote because the first and second estate would always out-vote the third estate, seeing they have more common interests. Moreover, the third estate encompassed 97% of the French population yet they only receive one vote in the Estate's General.
What percentage of the third estate in the french society was the clegry?
Zero. The Clergy were the FIRST Estate.
How the population of France was divided into three estates?
The relationship of the three estates in France is that the whole population of France was put into one of the three estates. The first estate contained only 1% of the population, the second estate contained 3 % of the population, and the third contained 96% of the population.
About one percent of the population of France belonged to the Estate?
The Nobles of the Second Estate. it's First estate for a+
What percentage of people was the second estate?
2% The first estate took up 1%, and the third estate took up 97%
How much percentage of the population of France belonged to the Estate?
The First Estate or Catholic clergy were about two percent of the population. The Nobles or Second Estate made up about one percent of the population. Everyone else was in the Third Estate.
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%.
How many people were in the 1st estate?
The First Estate, the Clergy made up approximately 1% of the French population.
What are the three divisions of Frances social structure before the french revolution?
first estate second estate and third estate.
Describe the three estates of France Who paid the taxes?
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.
What percent of land did the first and second and 3rd estate own during the french revolution?
Since the Third Estate took up 97% and the Second Estate 2%, the First Estate would be about 1% of the population.
Why did the third estate refuse to follow the tradition of each estate having one vote?
It was unfair for each estate to have one vote because the first and second estate would always out-vote the third estate, seeing they have more common interests. Moreover, the third estate encompassed 97% of the French population yet they only receive one vote in the Estate's General.
What is the first estate made up of?
The first estate of the Estate General represented the Clergy (which is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion). The second estate represented the Nobility and the third the Commoners.
