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1.- What were some of the privileges nobles enjoyed?

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1.- What were some of the privileges nobles enjoyed?

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the right of the nobility to wear a sword, the exemption of the nobility from the basic direct tax known as the taille

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Because the church were independent, they had the power to tax and forced people to obey their rules or else they would be considered heretics and either be punished or executed. This intimidation and ideals expanded through europe making them well known and won a lot of followers.

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1.-How was the 3rd Estate- the peasants & other commoners (unemployed, prostitutes etc.) composed?

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1.-How was the 3rd Estate- the peasants & other commoners (unemployed, prostitutes etc.) composed?

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The 3rd estate was everyone from the wealthiest non-nobles in the kingdom to the most impoverished beggars. Around 90% of people were part of this estate.

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the justification for immunity was that the nobles' ancestors had risked their lives to defend the kingdom,

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2.- Why was being a non-Catholic subject an issue if living in France after 1685?

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2.- Why was being a non-Catholic subject an issue if living in France after 1685?

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The basis of the seigneurial system was almost entirely economic, could also demand the much-loathed corvée and annual payments from peasants

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2.-What were their sources of wealth? mention all of them

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2.-What were their sources of wealth? mention all of them

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Some of the activities included master artisans and merchants, and those who worked in cities such as financiers, entrepreneurs, lay professionals, and lawyers etc.

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3.- What were their sources of power and wealth? mention all of them

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3.- What were their sources of power and wealth? mention all of them

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The sword of the nobility have some prospects that their job was to protect only, in the year of 1781 the French government passed  the Ségur Ordinance. the shared the people that they want to be military officer. These caused outrage
in the Third Estate.

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3.-What circumstances enable them to “rise” their ranks?

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3.-What circumstances enable them to “rise” their ranks?

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The government sold about 70,000 public offices, representing a combined worth of 900 million livres. This dramatically increased one's social standing

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4.-Why was it so difficult to remain close to the king?

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4.-Why was it so difficult to remain close to the king?

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One-fifth of the kingdom's land was individually under the control of the nobles in 1789, who used this land to collect feudal taxes. Aristocrats made up all senior administrative ministers, all senior military officers, and nearly all of the king's cabinet, and were thought to have a natural right to rule because of their birth;

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4.- Why could it be said this form of organization help to preserve their power?

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4.- Why could it be said this form of organization help to preserve their power?

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4.- How did this system affect a peasant’s income and quality of life?

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4.- How did this system affect a peasant’s income and quality of life?

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4.- How did the most ambitious bourgeoisie obtain “status”?’

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4.- How did the most ambitious bourgeoisie obtain “status”?’

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The rise of the wealthy bourgeois class created a wave of new nobility, as rich bourgeois purchased venal offices that ennobled their holders and married their daughters into noble families. Half of the nobility were no better off than the average middle-class bourgeois, and many were much poorer.

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5.- Who became a “threat” to nobility and why? 

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5.- Who became a “threat” to nobility and why? 

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Many members of this ancient noble ruling elite noticed that they were eroding from their positions of authority. It became crucial for anyone who coveted high rank to maintain a presence at court in the Palace of Versailles, which was a substantial expense in a culture where influence was decided by proximity to the king.

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5.- What were some of the changes/issues the peasants faced over time? enlist them

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5.- What were some of the changes/issues the peasants faced over time? enlist them

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5.-    Despite their success, Name some positions of power they were denied.

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5.-    Despite their success, Name some positions of power they were denied.

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Signing on as a military officer who could not trace noble lineage back at least four generations.
Also, on account of their births, aristocrats accounted for all senior administrative ministers, all senior military officers, and almost the entirety of the king's cabinet

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6.- How did some nobles overcome financial limitations? 

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6.- How did some nobles overcome financial limitations? 

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The rise of the wealthy bourgeois class created a wave of new nobility, as rich bourgeois purchased venal offices that ennobled their holders and married their daughters into noble families. Half of the nobility were no better off than the average middle-class bourgeois, and many were much poorer. Some of the old nobility, styled as the nobility of the sword, became envious of the new, wealthy, administrative class of nobles referred to as the nobility of the robe, who they saw as nothing more than jumped-up bourgeois commoners.

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6.- What was the result of uncontrolled immigration from the countryside to the cities?

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6.- What was the result of uncontrolled immigration from the countryside to the cities?

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6.- How did wealthy bourgeois emulate the aristocrats?

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6.- How did wealthy bourgeois emulate the aristocrats?

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It was in vogue for a bourgeois family hoping to climb the social ladder to dress in silks, drink coffee imported from the West Indies, and decorate their homes with prints and wallpaper.

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The nobles were not required to pay taxes and obviously they didn't wanted to change that.