Assertion(A): The representatives of the Third Estate viewed themselves as spokesmen of the whole French nation.

Reason(R): They enjoyed certain privileges by birth.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

(A) is true and (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

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The representatives of the Third Estate, which included small farmers, landless labourers, and servants, saw themselves as the voice of the French people. They established themselves as the National Assembly and vowed to remain united until they had written a French constitution that would restrict the monarch's authority.
Only those who belonged to the first two estates—the clergy and nobility—had access to certain privileges by birth. The Third Estate was the only one that had to bear the cost of taxes to fund state activities.

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