Question

How constituted the middle class in France

Answer 1

the middle class were educated people who were mostly revolutionaries and had ideas:

their speeches....had helped the people realise their power.they wanted to create an awareness among the people .

they wanted to overthrow the nobility and clergy by influencing the people .

Answer 2

Middle class :

(i)     Social group belonging to Third Estate who earned wealth.

(ii)   Professionals and educated people—Lawyers and Administrative officials.

Contribution :

(i)     They believed that no group should be privileged by birth.

(ii)   They were influenced by philosophers and wanted to build a society having freedom, equal laws and opportunities.

(iii) They discussed the ideas of philosophers and read aloud for the uneducated.