How was the French society organised before revolution of 1789?
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The French society was divided into three estates : 1st estate or celergy ,2 nd estate or nobility and the third estate or big business man ,small peasants etc .The members of the first two estates enjoyed the greater rights such as exemption from paying taxes to the state and the nobels also enjoyed feudal privilege s .The unit of currency was livers .Tithe and taille were the two types of taxes which were paid by the members of the third estate..
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The French Society during the Late 18th Century
In 1774, Louis XVI, a 20 year young from Bourbon dynasty ascended the throne of France.
He was welcomed by empty treasure. The France was reeling under tremendous debt which had mounted Up to 2 billion livres.For meeting theses expenses increase in the tax was inevitable.
The French Society was divided into three estates. First two enjoyed all privileges.
1st Estate: Clergy
2nd Estate: Nobility
3rd Estate: Big businessmen, merchants, court officials, peasants, artisans, landless labourers, servantsetc.
Some within the Third Estate were rich and some were poor.
The burden of financing activities of the state through taxes was borne by the Third Estate alone.
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