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How many estates were in the french system?
Three. The First Estate consisted of members of the Catholic Churh. The Clergy. The Second Estate consisted of Noblemen. The Third Estate consisted of peasents.
Who were the 3 groups in the Estates General of France and identify the members of each group?
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.How many members they had remains unknown.
What estate formed the National Assembly?
Originally, at a tennis court at Versailles. The National Assembly consisted of the members of the third estate, who were one day locked out of a Estate General meeting by the first and second estate members. They were angry, and went to a nearby tennis court at the palace where they swore an oath that they would not disband until a constitution was formed. They also took up a new name for themselves: The National Assembly.
The poorest members of the Third Estate were?
the peasants.
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 kind of jobs did they have in the First Estate in the French Revolution?
All members of the First Estate were Bishops or Priests
Did the First Estate include the French nobility?
No. The First Estate consisted only of the Catholic Clergy, and the Second Estate was made up of the nobles. There was however a defenite cross over between the two Estates because French Bishops were all chosen by the King and most of the top ranking members of the Catholic Church were also members of the Nobility.
What taxes did members of third estate have to pay?
the members of the third estate had to pay money
Were peasants the largest group in the first estate?
The first estate consisted of the members of clergy. The second estate was made of the nobility classes, and the third estate was what contained the peasants, Parisians (or urban workers), and the bourgeoisie who were the upper middle class and were the richest of this estate.
What made up the First Estate?
Catholic priests. The "first estate" under the French pre-revolutionary Ancien Régime was the clergy.
How many estates were in the french system?
Three. The First Estate consisted of members of the Catholic Churh. The Clergy. The Second Estate consisted of Noblemen. The Third Estate consisted of peasents.
How did most members of the Third Estate want to fix Frances financial problems?
By making the First estate and the Second estate pay taxes and thus contribute to France's budget.
Who was the weathiest members in the third estate?
the wealthiest members in the third estate were the businessmen the lawyers, etc.
Who were the 3 groups in the Estates General of France and identify the members of each group?
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.How many members they had remains unknown.
What were the 3 estate in France for what did they stand?
The First Estate was the clergy. The Second Estate was the nobility. The Third Estate was basically everyone else in France, but its representatives in the Estates General were typically wealthy members from the commercial and professional middle classes.
What groups did not have to pay taxes and had their own court system in Mexico?
In colonial Mexico the groups that did not have to pay taxes and had their own court system were the "First Estate" and the "Second Estate". (The First Estate was the clergy members and the Second Estate was the nobility.)
What were the names of the social classes in France before the French Revolution?
The social classes were: First Estate: The richest people in France. Paid no taxes. (clergy) Second Estate: Owned 35% of French land. Could move up to the first estate. Paid no taxes. (nobles, urban workers) Third Estate: Poor people. No say in running the country. Paid all taxes. Most of the French population. No chance to making it up to the second or first estate. (peasants, laborers)
