Question

The French society was divided into​

Answer 1

The French society was divided into 3 groups:

1. First Estate - clergy

2. Second Estate - nobility

3. Third Estate

Answer 2

The French Society was divided into 3 estates.

1. First estate:-

• It included clergy.
• They had certain privileges.
• The first estates consisted of the church people.
• They didn't had to pay taxes.
• This estate owned third estate.

2. Second estate:-

• It includes nobility.
• They also had privileges like clergy.
• This assets included the royal family and nobles.
• They also didn't had to any direct tax to king.

3. Third estate:-

• The third estate consisted of the lawyers included merchants, farmers, businessman etc.
• They didn't had any kind of privileges since they had to pay many types of taxes like direct tax, which is supposed to donate in king's capital.
• They had no rights, equality and right to vote was never introduced to them.

More to know:-

At that time, French society was feudal in nature. The first and second estates enjoyed all political and social rights, but the third estates were deprived of all rights.