Clergy(1st Estate)
What was the main role of the First Estate in France?
It was responsible for religious duties(running catholic church etc...)
What term refers to the members of the Second Estate in France?
Nobles, nobility
Who made up the Third Estate in France?
Peasants, workers in cities, and the middle class
How did the clergy financially support themselves in France
By providing taille(tax system) for the normal people(3rd estate)
What privileges did the nobility enjoy compared to the Third Estate?
Free of taille, and some of the peasants from the 3rd estate would work for the nobles
What was the main problem the Third Estate faced compared to the other estates?
They had to pay taxes unlike the other 2 estates
Who were the members of the clergy within the First Estate?
Bishops ,cardinals ,abbots, heads of monastires
What was a common source of income for the nobles?
Land ownership(renting out lands for the peasants)
What was one important group within the Third Estate that was becoming more powerful?
The bourgeoise
What privileges did the First Estate enjoy in comparison to the Third Estate?
Free of taille, held significant lands
True or false:
The nobles were drawn from the ideas of the philosophes
True
True or false:
None of the middle class people manage to become part of the nobles
False(about 6500 people from the middle class became nobles)
How much land did the first estate hold
About 10%
How much land did the nobles hold
About 25% to 30%
Why did the 3rd estate leave the voting system and formed their own "nation", what was this formation called, and if they wanted to meet, where would they occasionally meat
They left the voting system because of the unfairness that's happening, the formation was called national assembly, and they would meet at the tennis court oath