Part B
Which sentence from the text best supports your answer in part A?
"In the First Estate, at the top of the hierarchy, were the clergy, who
were subdivided into upper and lower categories."
"Some owned small parcels of land, but most rented their farms from
the top tier of peasant landowners or from nobility."
"Higher standards of living resulted in an enormous population growth,
which in turn created greater demand for food and goods, just as prices
were rising in general."
"Facing a political crisis, Louis XVI attempted to tax the elite First and
Second Estates."