Which estate included the majority of the population, including peasants and laborers?

Which estate included the majority of the population, including peasants and laborers?

• A. First Estate
• B. Third Estate
• C. Bourgeoisie
• D. Estates-General

Answer: (B)

In prerevolutionary France, society was divided into three estates. The Third Estate encompassed everyone outside the clergy and nobility—peasants, laborers, artisans, and the growing middle class (the Bourgeoisie). This estate made up the vast majority of the population, around the overwhelming majority of people, including peasants and workers. The Bourgeoisie is a part of the Third Estate, not the whole group, and the Estates-General is the assembly that represented the estates, not a social class itself. So the estate that included the majority of the population, including peasants and laborers, is the Third Estate.

In prerevolutionary France, society was divided into three estates. The Third Estate encompassed everyone outside the clergy and nobility—peasants, laborers, artisans, and the growing middle class (the Bourgeoisie). This estate made up the vast majority of the population, around the overwhelming majority of people, including peasants and workers. The Bourgeoisie is a part of the Third Estate, not the whole group, and the Estates-General is the assembly that represented the estates, not a social class itself. So the estate that included the majority of the population, including peasants and laborers, is the Third Estate.