Question

In french revolution questation 2 -you have mentioned that the third estate people where the richer members .but in the text it is given that the first estate member was the richer member and the third estate was the poor people. which is right ?

Answer 1

the first estate consisted of clergy(church)
the second estate consisted of nobility(rich)
the third estate was further divided into 3 parts:–
1). big businessmen,merchants, lawyers, court, officials etc.
2). peasants and artisans
3). small peasants, servants,landless labour.