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The first Estate was the Clergy, the second the nobility, and the third, well, everyone else, rich and poor, from rich Bourgeois to famished peasants. The third estate is the one that paid all the taxes.

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It is nobility,relegious leaders, lowest class these 3 estates are made of a soclial structure for the french society.

1st Estate: Nobility

2nd Estate: Clergy

3rd Estate: Everyone else

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The First Estate was made up of clergy. The Second was the nobilty. The Third was everybody else, aka 95%-99% of the population

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The Catholic Clergy made up the first estate of France.

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They were created by the Ancien Regime.

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