Question

What led to the emergence of new middle class in Europe?

Answer 1

Emergence of middle class in Europe:

a. The industrial revolution witnessed the rise of new social groups, middle class comprising of industrialists, businessmen, professionals who believed in the social structure that was based on merit and not birth.

b. They believed that no group should be privileged on account of birth rather a society must be based on the principles of freedom, equal laws and opportunities.

c. It was this class that belonged to liberal nationalist thinking and led the revolutions.

d. It was the liberal, educated middle-class who demanded the end of aristocratic privileges and encouraged national unity.

e. They were inspired by the doctrine and ideas of liberalism and demanded government based on the consent, and stood for freedom and equality for all.

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Answer 2

 Emergence of middle class in Europe: ... It was the liberal, educated middle-class who demanded the end of aristocratic privileges and encouraged national unity. They were inspired by the doctrine and ideas of liberalism and demanded government based on the consent, and stood for freedom and equality for all