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THE ECONOMY AND THE SOCIETY OF THE ANCIEN REGIME
economy characteristics
traditional agriculture with very low productivity
the dominance of the guilds
domestic trade grew very little due to internal customs duties and the poor quality of the roads
Mercantilism
Europe's absolute monarchs imposed a new economic system
was based on the idea that a country's wealth depended on how much gold and silver it possessed.
The estates of the realm
continued to be the dominant form of social organisation in Europe during the Ancien Régime
Estates
First and Second Estates
the clergy and the noblity
did not pay taxes
hey maintained their economic power by collecting tithes from the peasants
through the income they received from their lands
Third Estate
the ordinary people
had to pay taxes
Groups
The lower middle class
small merchants and craftsmen
The peasantry
suffered because of poor harvests, rising prices and the higher taxes which they had to pay to the crown, nobility and clergy.
The upper middle class
prominent merchants and business owners
