97% of the French population belonged to the third estate.
Zero. The Clergy were the FIRST Estate.
2% The first estate took up 1%, and the third estate took up 97%
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.
The Third Estate or 97 per cent of the population - the common people.
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.
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An often cited figure is 96% to 97% of the population.
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The Third Estate was comprised of 96% of the French population. Of that, 90% included 22 million peasants, laborers and artisans.
Under the Old Regime in France, the Third Estate comprised approximately 97% of the population. This group included commoners, such as peasants, urban workers, and the bourgeoisie, who were burdened with heavy taxes and had little political power compared to the privileged First and Second Estates (the clergy and nobility, respectively). The significant size of the Third Estate played a crucial role in the social and political upheaval leading to the French Revolution.
Everyone else excluding the 1st estate and 2nd estate, so the bourgeois made up the third estate. Particularly the rich people.
The relationship between the percentage of the population in each estate and the percentage of land owned by that estate was often starkly unequal, particularly in pre-revolutionary France. The First Estate (clergy) and the Second Estate (nobility) comprised a small percentage of the population but owned a disproportionate amount of land, while the Third Estate (commoners) represented the vast majority of the population yet had limited land ownership. This disparity contributed to social tensions and eventual calls for reform, as the wealthy minority held significant resources and privileges compared to the impoverished majority.
Zero. The Clergy were the FIRST Estate.
The First Estate, composed of the clergy, constituted about 1% of the population, while the Second Estate, made up of the nobility, accounted for roughly 2%. Together, these two estates represented approximately 3% of the total population in France prior to the French Revolution. The remaining 97% of the population belonged to the Third Estate, which included commoners, peasants, and the bourgeoisie.
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