Social Issues:The Three EstatesTheestates systemwas theclass structureorhierarchyin France before the French Revolution. The same groups thatheld power during the Middle Ages still had control after the Middle Ages ended.clergy:people who work for the churchlike the Pope, bishops, and priestsnobility:wealthy landowners and peoplewith high status in societycommoners:peasants and city-workersImage 1Source: Schwartz and O’Connor, Democracy and Nationalism, Globe Book Company (adapted) from the NYS Global Historyand Geography Regents Exam, August 2007Image 2Source: Jackson J. Spielvogel, World History, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003 (adapted) from the NYS Global History andGeography Regents Exam, January 2007.Image 3The Three Estates,You Should Hope this Game WillBe Over Soon, 1788Source: Reproduced with permission from the National Museum of France from the NYSSocial Studies ToolKit. 1. Under the estates system, what were the three social classes?
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2. Under the estates system, which social class was taxed the most?
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3. Under the estates system, which class was the largest portion of the population?
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4. What does image 3 reveal about social issues in pre-revolutionary France?
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