Question

Describe the tax system of French Society before 1786

Answer 1

Answer:

The tax system before 1789 was like that the 1st estate and the 2nd estate did not had to pay taxes to the state but the 3rd estate had to pay two types of taxes:

1. Taille was the direct tax payed to the state.
2. Tithes was the tax levied by the church including one-tenth of the agricultural produce.