Question

A. Fill in the blanks. 1. There were _________ Estates in French society in the eighteenth century.​

Answer 1

Answer:

three estates

France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners).

Answer 2

French society in the eighteenth century was divided into three estates, and only members of the third estate paid taxes.