1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
kherson [118]
4 years ago
5

Prior to the French revolution which class has the most people but the least political power

History
2 answers:
trasher [3.6K]4 years ago
8 0
The third estate had the least power and the most people
Andreas93 [3]4 years ago
6 0

Correct answer:  The Third Estate

The First Estate was the clergy.  The Second Estate was the nobility.  The Third Estate was everyone else.

In the days leading up to the French Revolution, Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes published a pamphlet that had a huge impact in France.  The pamphlet was titled, "What is the Third Estate?"  Here's how Sieyes started that pamphlet:

<em>The plan of this book is fairly simple. We must ask ourselves three questions.</em>

  1. <em>What is the Third Estate?  Everything.</em>
  2. <em>What has it been in the political order until now? Nothing.</em>
  3. <em>What does it want to be?  Something.</em>

The clergy (1st Estate) and nobility (2nd Estate) amounted to about 2% of the population of France in the days before the French Revolution -- but all political power was in their hands in everything.  The rest of the nation -- from lawyers and merchants down to peasants and street sweepers -- all counted as the 3rd Estate.  That body of the people made up 98% of the population. The time had come for them to take hold of their power in deciding how their country was going to operate.

You might be interested in
The bitterness left behind in parts of Europe by the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the rise of A. socialism. B. democracy.
Vesna [10]
<span>The bitterness left behind in parts of Europe by the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the rise of D. totalitarianism.
Totalitarianism has to do with a form of dictatorial rule, seen in the rule of Hitler and Mussolini. They exploited this emotion of bitterness and eventually led to the World War II, where their rule was authoritarian. </span><span>
</span>
4 0
4 years ago
How did President Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" affect most Americans during the 1930s?
bixtya [17]

Answer:

The right answer is:

D. They calmed anxiety stemming from the Great Depression.

Explanation:

The Fireside Chats refer to some 30 radio speeches given by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt  from 1933 to 1944. He spoke about a variety of topics, from unemployment and hardships in the 1930s to the fight against fascism during WWII. Americans experienced comfort, renewed confidence and reassurance by listening to his chats.

5 0
3 years ago
By 1850, how many blacks were slaves in the United States?
romanna [79]

Answer:

C. 3 million

Explanation:

Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840 Census. The total population included 3,204,313 slaves.

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
The artist who drew the political cartoon of the Brooks-Sumner Affair, supported __________.
vitfil [10]
The artist who drew the political cartoon of the Brooks-Sumner Affair, supported Sumner in his fight for anti-slavery. The incident between Brooks and Sumner happened during a two day-speech delivered by the latter against slavery. It was in 1856 that a senator from South Carolina named Preston Brooks attacked Massachussetts congressman known as Charles Sumner. The attacked was provoked by the anti-slavery speech delivered by the Congressman that angered Brooks. Brooks' cane in the incident has been broken while Sumner suffered serious illness due to the beating.
8 0
4 years ago
Quien fue el primer emperador del imperio bizantino
valina [46]

Traditionally, the line of Byzantine emperors is held to begin with the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, who rebuilt the city of Byzantium as an imperial capital, Constantinople, and who was regarded by the later emperors as the model ruler.

7 0
4 years ago
Other questions:
  • Why did the textile industry need access to rivers in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
    15·2 answers
  • What issue from the 1920s did the Ku Klux Klan support? a.religious freedom b.collective bargaining c.Prohibition d.Native Ameri
    9·2 answers
  • Why would someone oppose imperialism and what were their motives?
    8·1 answer
  • What factors most influenced the development of two different groups of Native American in washington?
    15·2 answers
  • I really need help with this particular question:/
    6·1 answer
  • How did the spanish american war affect us power in asia?
    9·2 answers
  • According to the Declaration of Independence, what branch of government do the Patriots say is ineffective?
    11·1 answer
  • Which of the highlighted locations (marked blue) would have had the greatest chance of escaping the bubonic plague?
    11·1 answer
  • A.Native Americans...Slaves
    12·2 answers
  • What was a characteristic of the Congressional plan for Reconstruction?
    15·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!