3 Estates (5th period, Week 4, Session1) by ALICIA LUCIA VILLARREAL MARTINEZ https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56 Answer the question en-us 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC 2022-09-11 16:53:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 1.-How was the 3rd Estate composed? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331541  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.]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331541 2.-What were their sources of wealth? mention all of them aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331542
Some of the activities included master artisans and merchants, and those who worked in cities such as financiers, entrepreneurs, lay professionals, and lawyers etc. 

]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331542 3.-What circumstances enable them to “rise” their ranks? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331543 The government sold about 70,000 public offices, representing a combined worth of 900 million livres. This dramatically increased one's social standing]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331543 4.- How did the most ambitious bourgeoisie obtain “status”?’ aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331544
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. 




]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331544 5.- Despite their success, Name some positions of power they were denied. aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331545 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



]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331545 6.- How did wealthy bourgeois emulate the aristocrats? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331546
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.



]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331546 1.-How was the 3rd Estate- the peasants & other commoners (unemployed, prostitutes etc.) composed? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331547 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331547 2.- Explain what seigneurialism was? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331548 The basis of the seigneurial system was almost entirely economic, could also demand the much-loathed corvée and annual payments from peasants]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331548 3.- Why were the seigneurs so powerful? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331551 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331551 4.- How did this system affect a peasant’s income and quality of life? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331553 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331553 5.- What were some of the changes/issues the peasants faced over time? enlist them aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331554 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331554 6.- What was the result of uncontrolled immigration from the countryside to the cities? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331556 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331556 1- Why was the Church so powerful? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331557
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.]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331557 2.- Why was being a non-Catholic subject an issue if living in France after 1685? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331558 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331558 3.- How were they organized? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331559 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331559 4.- Why could it be said this form of organization help to preserve their power? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331560 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331560 5.-Did they pay taxes? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331562 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331562 6.-How did they access income? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331563 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331563 1.- What were some of the privileges nobles enjoyed? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331565 the right of the nobility to wear a sword, the exemption of the nobility from the basic direct tax known as the taille]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331565 2.- What was the blood tax? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331566 the justification for immunity was that the nobles' ancestors had risked their lives to defend the kingdom,]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331566 3.- What were their sources of power and wealth? mention all of them aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331567 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.



]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331567 4.-Why was it so difficult to remain close to the king? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331568 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;]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331568 5.- Who became a “threat” to nobility and why? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331569 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.]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331569 6.- How did some nobles overcome financial limitations? aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331570 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.]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331570 7.- Did they pay taxes? Explain aliciavillarreal1 https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331572 The nobles were not required to pay taxes and obviously they didn't wanted to change that.]]> 2022-08-23 04:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliciavillarreal1/dibyk52ss1yggm56/wish/2268331572