Question

Which among the following is / are false regarding the Three Estates in Pre-revolutionary France?

1. First Estate represented the nobility of France.

2. The Second Estate comprised the Catholic clergymen spread across France.

3. The Third Estate represented the vast majority of Louis XVI’s subjects.

4. The members of the Third Estate saw nothing in the First and second except
social snobbery, undeserved privileges and economic oppression.

• A. Only 1 and 2 are false
• B. Only 1, 2 and 4 are false
• C. Only 3 and 4 are False
• D. Only 4 is false

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Only 1 and 2 are false

🔹France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). 🔹The king was considered part of no estate. 🔹The members of the Third Estate saw nothing in the First and second except social snobbery, undeserved privileges and economic oppression.