Question

Who did the Third Estate represent in France in the late 1780’s and early 1790’s?

A) The Clergy
B) The Common People
C) The Nobility
D) All of the above

Answer 1

b

Step-by-step explanation:

When these documents spoke of the Third Estate, however, they referred chiefly to the bourgeoisie – not to France’s 22 million rural peasants, landless labourers or urban workers.

When the bourgeoisie dreamed of representative government, it was a government that represented the propertied classes only.