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Who constituted the middle class in French Society? How did they participate in the French Revolution?

Answer 1

The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of social groups, termed the middle class, who earned their wealth through an expanding overseas trade and from the manufacture of goods such as woollen and silk textiles that were either exported or bought by the richer members of society. In addition to merchants and manufacturers, the third estate included professions such as lawyers or administrative officials. All of these were educated and believed that no group in society should be privileged by birth. Rather, a person’s social position must depend on his merit. These ideas envisaging a society based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all.

Answer 2

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The middle classes were made up of industrialists,businessmen & professionals.

The new middle classes considered liberalism as the freedom for the individual and equality of all before the law. Politically it emphasised the concept of government by consent.

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