Question

In 18 century france witnessed the emergence of middle class people who are they what day what were their ideas

Answer 1

• Middle class was a social group that had earned their wealth through overseas trade and manufacture of goods.

• It included professionals as lawyers or administrative officials. They were educated and believed that:

(i) no group in the society should be privileged by birth.

(ii) person's social position must depend on his merit.

(iii) a society should be based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all.

(iv) Locke, Rousseau and Montesquieu were its main thinkers.