Who was the clergy in the french revolution, and what was their role?

Clergy were representatives of the Catholic church, between then there were the pope, bishops, priests, monks and nuns.

In France the Clergy occupied important positions handling around 15% of lands and being responsible for many public functions. Many of clergy hold positions of political influence and they gave support for the French Revolution.

Part of the clergy defended the interest of the nobles class and other part the poors.

Because of suspicious actions from the clergy and theirs intentions for the support of the Revolution on 12 July 1790 the Assembly approved the law: Civil Constitution of the Clergy, a law which determined the clergy submission to the French State.

ccp would be the answer : )

explanation:

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.