Why was the 3rd estate taxed the most if they were poor during the French revolution

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DorianIsHere · Answer

The Third Estate in pre-revolutionary France was taxed the most because the system of the time largely exempted the nobility (Second Estate) and clergy (First Estate) from paying significant taxes, leaving the burden of taxation to fall almost entirely on the Third Estate, which included the majority of the population, including poor peasants and working-class citizens, despite their lower income levels.

DorianIsHere · Answer

does that help bro

gingy57016 · Answer

Yeah thanks man !

toga · Answer

The Third Estate got taxed the most during the French Revolution because they had to pay the majority of the taxes while the nobility and clergy didn't have to pay much.

gingy57016 · Answer

@toga wrote:

The Third Estate got taxed the most during the French Revolution because they had to pay the majority of the taxes while the nobility and clergy didn't have to pay much.

But they were dirt poor and could not afford food

toga · Answer

@gingy57016 wrote:

@toga wrote:

The Third Estate got taxed the most during the French Revolution because they had to pay the majority of the taxes while the nobility and clergy didn't have to pay much.

But they were dirt poor and could not afford food

I know it was wrong, but history is not always fair because it's real life and it happened.

MAGABACK · Answer

They were taxed because The Nobles teamed up with the Clery. The clergy was the 1st estate. The Nobility was the 2nd estate. So they didn't need to pay any taxes, tho the Nobles payed a tithe. It also made it that the 3rd estate couldn't rlly get any power, even though they had more people in the Estates General. This happned because they wanted more seats, the King agreed, but he knew not everybody could come because the ppl of the 3rd estate needed money to fro travel and stay, which left very few ppl when some did show up. The 3rd estate always was outvoted by the 1st an 2nd estate.