Question

describe the system estates in which french sociaty was organised in the 18 century? wat was the condition of peasants in this system

Answer 1

The society was divided into three levels or estates :

The First Estate consisted of the clergy , They lived a life of luxury as they had to pay no taxes but instead collected a tax tithe.
The second Estate consisted of the nobility , They too lived a life of luxury and also paid no taxes And moreover had important positions in the Government .
The third estate consisted of the Pleabians . Their lives were the most miserable ones as they had to pay three types of taxes ; one to the state , one to the church or clergy and one to the landlords.


CONDITIONS OF PEASANTS


The peasantry mainly lived in the countryside on farms.
King Louis taxed them exorbitantly.
No sort of public education existed at he time, and most peasants faced a lifetime of difficult conditions without salvation.
The peasants farmed weakly because they had insufficient tools and not enough knowledge of the craft.
​The peasants and nobles stayed isolated from one another.
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