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Describe the classes or Estates of French society. Why do you think the class structure of France may be problematic later? (17th century)

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France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered part of no estate

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