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| − | The Second Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary [[France]]. It consisted of the nobility, about 2% of the population, yet it controlled 20% of the land and paid very little taxes. | + | The Second Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary [[France]]. It consisted of the nobility, about 2% of the population, yet it controlled 20% of the land and paid very little taxes, much like welfare mothers in modern America. |
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The Second Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary France. It consisted of the nobility, about 2% of the population, yet it controlled 20% of the land and paid very little taxes, much like welfare mothers in modern America.