What was the life in france in the 1700s/18th century like?
France in the 18th century was a very hierarchical society. The monarchy was very powerful, and the nobility and the church together owned the majority of the land in France. The church was known as the First Estate, the Nobility were the Second Estate, and everyone else comprised the third Estate. The Third Estate covered a wide variety of different kinds of poeple, in included professional men like doctors and lawyers (most of the leaders of the french revolution werer lawyers), wealthy merchants, prosperous farmers, poor farmers, tradesmen and craftsmen, servants, etc. In France, as in other countries, the population expanded during the 18th century. There were improvements in the production and marketing of foodstuffs, especially grain,a nd food production increased by about 40% over the course of the century. This was because of improved productivity in some areas, notably in the north and north-east, where mdoern scientific farming methods were introduced after 1750. Greater dive
