The Three Estates

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Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.

Q.

What do you mean by old regime?

Q. Which of the following belonged to the third estate in French society?

1. Lawyers
2. Merchants
3. Nobility
4. Peasants

Q. "The clergy and the nobles together constituted 3% of the French population. They owned about 60% of the land. The population of the middle class, on the other hand, comprised 97% of the total population. However, they owned just 40% of the land."

What inferences can be drawn from this data?

1. The clergy and nobles deserved the divine right to own majority of the lands.
2. The clergy and nobles worked hard to own their lands.
3. Land distribution was highly disproportionate between the three classes.
4. The clergy and nobles together exploited the majority 97% percent people who are the middle class, peasants and workers.

Q. Which of the following refers to the political body representing the three estates of pre-revolutionary France?

1. Estates Committee
2. Parliament of France
3. National Assembly
4. Estates General

Q. Write a short note on the events of the French Revolution.

Q. Which of the following reasons(s) was/were responsible for the miserable life of the French peasants?

1. The peasants were lazy and therefore, were incapable to work.
2. The peasants paid the state taxes like land tax i.e. taille, salt tax i.e. Gabelle and provided free labour i.e corvee in constructing public roads.
3. One tenth of their annual earnings went to the Clergy as tithe.
4. The peasants and commoners had no representative in the national Assembly.

Q. Louis XIV's Versailles palace was a symbol of ____________ and ____________.

1. royal absolutism
2. humbleness
3. poverty
4. greatness

Q. Explain the rise and importance of the middle class in the French Revolution.

Q. Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding the French monarchy?

1. The monarchy used to believe that they were answerable to common people.
2. The monarchy functioned in a way where the king was above the law and not bound by it.
3. The king did not support the people when the country had a shortage of food due to terrible harvests.
4. The monarchy reign of Louis XVI was compassionate towards the common people.

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What do we mean by absolutism?

Q. Which among the following professions comes under the First Estate?

1. Clergy
2. Teachers
3. Craftsmen
4. Nobles