Question

What was the social background that forced the Third Estate to struggle against the First and Second Estates of the French Society?

Answer 1

• The Third Estate had no role in administration. 
• Low social status. 
• Paid taxes to government, nobles and clergy. 
• First and Second Estates were exempted from all taxes. 
• The King, nobles and clergy occupied majority of the cultivated land.
• The nobility lived by exploiting the peasants.