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How did the first and second estate differ from the third estate?

How did the first and second estate differ from the third estate?-example-1

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France under the Ancien RĂ©gime (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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