Identify And Discuss The Social, Economic, And Intellectual Causes

Midterm Exam: EUROPE, 1789-PRESENTIdentify and discuss the social, economic, and intellectual causes of the French RevolutionThe social conditions in France in the 18th century were very miserable, and characterized with inequality and poverty. The French society was divided into three major classes that comprised of the clergy, nobles, and the common people. The clergy occupied the First Estate, and their core role involved managing churches, educational institutions, and monasteries. The clergy did not pay any taxes to the king. In the First Estate, the clergy was divided into two groups, the higher clergy and the lower clergy, whereas, the higher clergy swum in wealth and extravagance, the lower clergy committed themselves to serving the common people, and lived a miserable life.The common people hated the higher clergy with passion. The Second Estate was occupied by the nobles, who were also divided into two groups the Court nobles and provincial nobles. The court nobles just as the higher clergy lived in luxury and did not pay tax. They never cared about the needs of the common people. It is only the provincial nobles that paid attention to the needs of the common people. The third Estate was a heterogeneous