1. Peasant Desperation and the French Revolution
Men and women from all over the country of France rallied together to fight the injustice and cruelty of the French aristocracy. ... The first estate consisted of the aristocracy and nobility of France. 130,000 French citizens were classified into the third estate and they owned twenty percent of the land in France. ... This allowed for the first and second estate to control France even though they represented a small percent of the French population. ... The cause of the French Revolution was the desperation of the French peasants to be heard. ... This added to France's already fragile s...
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