CBSE Marking Scheme for Summative Assessment of Social Science for Class IX
The French society was divided into sections called ‘estates’ namely 1st estate consisting of the clergy, 2nd estate comprising the nobility and the 3rd estate comprising all commoners including big businessmen, traders, merchants, court officials, lawyers of peasants and artisans, labourers and small peasants. The members of the 3rd estate enjoyed all the privileges and were exempted from taxation.
