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| − | The | + | The Third Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary [[France]]. It consisted of the people who were not aristocracy or clergy, but peasants, merchants, and laborers. The Third Estate was badly overtaxed. |
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The Third Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary France. It consisted of the people who were not aristocracy or clergy, but peasants, merchants, and laborers. The Third Estate was badly overtaxed.