Estates of the realm

first and the second estate accumulate to 3% of the population. They enjoy their power and privileges given by the Old Regime. In France, the other 97% of the population belongs to the third estate and most of them are extremely ragged. Crop failures from bad weather has the cost of bread to double leaving many to starve. In addition, they are burdened by taxes which accumulates to 50% of their income. Enlightenment ideas spread across France where many people of the third estate are…

up the majority. In France the lower class was called ‘the third estate’ but most nobles and higher ups referred to them as peasants. Over time, the peasants of France started to realize that while they were being heavily taxed and overworked, the noblemen and women were living luxurious lives due to their immense wealth despite the fact that there was a huge difference in population between the estates. It angered the third estate that even though they made up the majority, a small group of…

Estates at Risk Thirteenth century England demonstrated a perfect model of feudalism. The hereditary elite (the second estate) maintained its rule over an impoverished peasantry (the third estate), while the clergy (the first estate) held sway over all levels of society, setting moral standards and guiding the affairs of kings and serfs alike. However, as the 13th century came to a close, the durability of this rigid social order was about to be tested. A series of crises in 14th century…

In the beginning of the French Revolution, all problems the third estate were facing were mostly pushed by the bourgeoisie. The people that had actually fought for almost all of the causes were the peasants. Peasants, the heart of the revolution, took the major steps in the revolution including the March on Versailles, Storming of the Bastille and the execution of the king. Peasants fought because the king had not provided enough to them. By fighting, the peasants showed that you did not need…

the first estate, and the living conditions the lower class lived through, nevertheless the violence and genocide committed in order to create reform was immoral. Prior to the French Revolution, people of influence abused the political system in order to allow them to live in luxury. The government consisted of the first, second and third estate. The First Estate is composed of kings, queens, and other royalty personnel which is around one percent of the population. The Second Estate consists…

fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years’ War, was being attacked. The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille prison were mostly store owners and craftsmen, who also happened to be residents of Paris. The Third Estate recently urged the king and demanded that the common people had more of a say in the French government. They were anxious that he was preparing the troops for an attack. In order to get weapons, armor, and other supplies, they took over Paris’s…

happening during the Estate General, by depicting the third estate, middle-class lawyers or officials representing the people, being brought down. The picture shows those in the first two estates, the clergy of the Catholic Church, and the nobles, standing looking freighted by the man on the ground, who is part of the third estate, by the looks of his outfit. During this time the king refused to mandate voting by head or person rather than by order, because of this the third estate fought back,…

France had an absolute monarch that they suffered under and most people were denied basic rights such as a say in their government. Socially, France was divided among Three Estates. The third estate was made up of 98% of the population and had the fewest rights, the least amount of land and the largest tax. The third estate eventually takes control of the government. The goal of the French Revolution was the subjects no longer wanted a corrupt authoritarian ruler but they wanted equal…

God due to Divine Right. Under the king, there are three estates. What were the Three Estates? The Three Estates were the three social classes of France during the old regime. The Three Estates consisted of three social classes, which were the First, Second, and Third Estates. The First Estate was made up of the clergy, the Second Estate was made up of nobles, and the Third Estate was the rest of the population in France. One of the Estates was also treated unfairly. These groups had many…

The Enlightenment caused many people to see the flaws in the system they were living under and led to many tensions between the three estates. Eventually the third estate took the advice of Rousseau and ignored small disagreements to unite as one body. This unification was the start of the French Revolution and it would not have happened without the social, intellectual, religious, and political factors…