1.3.3Using the information from the source, briefly explain whether the lower classes had equal opportunities compared to the other estates.1.3.4How do you think an ordinary person from the Third Estate would experience life in France at the time? Discuss your answer using information from the source and your own knowledge. Social causes on the French RevolutionBefore the French Revolution the whole way that a person lived and breathed depended on their social status. The higher classes and the church had to paylittle or no taxes, they got special treatment in court or they had their own courts and they overall had many privileges. On the other hand the lower classeshad no privileges, the people above them governed them and they had no control over their lives. The equality that didn't exist at the time was definitelyanother reason that angered the French and drove them to revolting.One last type of cause to the French Revolution was cultural causes. Before the French Revolution people thought that the way that they lived, as describedabove, was the only way to live. As time passed and things became more modern the idea of changing the way that they lived crept into peoples' minds. Andso they decided to try, that is where the revolution began.

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1.3.3	Using the information from the source, briefly explain whether the lower classes had equal opportunities compared to the other estates.
1.3.4	How do you think an ordinary person from the Third Estate would experience life in France at the time? Discuss your answer using information from the source and your own knowledge.