Question

Mention the characteristics of the ancien regime in france

Answer 1

The ancient regime was the division of people in France before the French Revolution.

There were three estate or different type of people:

First estate-It consisted of church officials and clergy men.

Second estate-It consisted the noble families.

Third estate-It consisted 95% of the population.It consisted of middle class people like teachers, doctors, lawyers, merchants,traders, manufacturers and poor people like peasents,farmers,artisians and potters.

Answer 2

Answer:

The best-known system is a three-estate system of the French Ancien Régime used until the French Revolution (1789–1799). This system was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobility (the Second Estate), and commoners (the Third Estate). A direct land tax on the French peasantry and non-nobles in Ancien Régime France.