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the 3 estates during the French Revolution were; members of the clergy made up the 1st estate, nobles the 2nd estate, and the rest of the people the 3rd estate. the 3rd estate included the working people of the cities and a large and prosperous middle class made up chiefly of merchants, lawyers, and government officials.
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FranThere are three different classes in the Estates General of France. The first class was made up of the clergy, or church officials. The second estate was made up of the aristocrats, or the nobility of France. The third estate was made up of the bourgeoisie, mainly bankers and lawyers, and the peasants. The first estate was the wealthiest class as they were paid by Christians for church. They also had no need to pay taxes. The second estate lived in Versailles with the king and paid no taxes, but could not have a job and gain money. The third estate was the only class to pay taxes out of the three. They made up about 97.5% of the entire French population and about 25 million people were in the third class. The Estates General lasted until 1789 when the new National Assembly passed constitutions, causing all three estates to try to take power.
Insofar as France had a Parliament, it was the Etats-Généraux (Estates General). In the 18th Century, it was called only once - in 1789. The three Estates were the Clergy, the Nobility and the Third Estate (Tiers Etat). Against the votes of the first two (who were exempt from most taxes) the Third Estate were powerless. The King had not called the Estates for 150 years precisely because its meetings always ended in trouble. Incidentally, the term THIRD WORLD is originally French (Tiers Monde) and compares the poor nations of the world to the Third Estate.
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What was France's voting system like before the revolution?
It was three Estates, each with a single vote.
Why did parliament demand that Louis XIV call the estates general?
In the build-up to the violent outbreak of the French Revolution, a meeting of the three-part Estates-General was in fact called by Louis XVI (rather than Louis XIV) in order to gain support for needed economic reforms. Meeting in May of 1789, the Estates-General soon took the initiative for reforms far beyond those envisioned by the French king.
What estates comprised the Estates-General?
The Estates-General (or States-General) of 1789 (French: Les États-Généraux de 1789) was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly consisting of representatives from all but the poorest segment of the French citizenry. The independence from the Crown which it displayed paved the way for the French Revolution.
What are the three estates in France prior to the revolution?
The Catholic Clergy made up the First Estate. The French Nobles made up the Second Estate. The commoners were all lumped into the Third Estate.
What did the third phase of the Revolution created?
There are only three phases of the Revolution. The third phase is the French Revolution.
