Question

how was the church responsible for the french revolution? mention three points

Answer 1

the church's collected taxes from the lower class people
it was regarded as the 1st estate
it had many rights whereas the third estate was denied such rights

Answer 2

Explanation:

The Catholic churches were responsible for the French Revolution:

• The Catholic churches authorised the clergy with the status of First Estate of Realm and empowered as the largest landowner and hence had control of all the properties and collected huge revenues from the French tenants. However, they did not pay any tax.

• The churches also collected tithes, which mean one-tenth part of anything should be paid to the religious organisation, in this case, the churches.  

• The churches enjoyed the complete authority of the French and acted as the monarchy.