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What estate owned only 10 percent of the land?
In revolutionary France, the First Estate owned only 10 percent of the land. The First Estate was the clergy.
What is the origins of the term fifth estate?
The term Fifth Estate is any class or group in society other than the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), the commoners (Third Estate), and the press (Fourth Estate). It has been used to describe trade unions, the poor and organized crime. It can also be used to describe media that sees itself in opposition to mainstream (Fourth Estate) media. The term is different in origins and meaning from 'Fifth Column,' used to describe subversive or insurgent elements in a society. It's origins probably comes from the French Estates-General. And for all you bloggers out there, Media researcher Stephen D. Cooper argues that bloggers are the Fifth Estate.
Who was elected as the first Indian member to British House of Commons?
dadabhai naoroji
What is the estate system in France?
The estate system was division of three different groups. The first estate was made up of the clergy(Church). They made up 1% of the population and owned 10% of the land. They also taxed the peasants heavily to avoid paying taxes themselves. The second estate was made up of nobles and kings. They were about 4% of the population but owned 20% of the land. They lived rich lives and taxed peasants to avoid paying their taxes. The Third estate was everybody else. They were workers and farmers. some were rich but never went up to the 2nd or 1st estate. The third estate was taxed heavily making the poor poorer and this helped the rich stay rich.
Who was the first member of the Republican Party to become a US president?
Abraham Lincoln was the first member of the Republican Party to be elected President of the United States, in 1860. The Republican Party was formed in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
What people would have been a member of the third estate?
Poor farmers
First Second and Third Estates?
The Third Estate was the commons or the ordinary people, the First Estate being the clergy and the Second Estate the nobility .
What group of people was in the First Estate?
The Catholic Clergy.
How many levels does the system have and how many?
There are 3 estates : the first estate, the second estate, and the third estate. The third estate were the poorest in France and were mostly peasants but the first estate contains priests and religious people who are very rich
What percentage of people was the second estate?
2% The first estate took up 1%, and the third estate took up 97%
When the First Estate of the French social order was composed of?
The first estate of France consisted of the clergy.The clergy people were the people who performed special function in the church. They were excluded from paying taxes.
How many people were in the 1st estate?
The First Estate, the Clergy made up approximately 1% of the French population.
If you lived in France in 1780- before the French Revolution- and you were an ordained priest of Catholic Church you would be a member of the?
The First Estate.
What President to be was the first member of congress to enlist following Pearl Harbor?
Lyndon Johnson.
Who was the first deviantart member?
the people who made it.
Identify the different groups of people that made up each Estate in France?
The Catholic Clergy made up the First Estate and the Nobles the Second Estate. Everyone else was in the Third Estate.
What was the role the First Estate?
The First Estate consisted of the Catholic Clergy.
