MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Urban workers
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Peasants
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Merchants
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Business people
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historically, the bourgeoisie began cities of medieval Europe, with the development of traders, merchants, craftspersons, industrialists, manufacturers and others whose economic survival and ability to increase wealth came from trade, commerce, or indu stry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Historically, the medieval French word bourgeois denoted the inhabitants of the bourgs (walled market-towns), the craftsmen, artisans, merchants, and others, who constituted “the bourgeoisie".
Detailed explanation-3: -Marx’s Class Theory centers around the belief that a capitalist system creates an antagonistic relationship between two main classes: the bourgeoisie-the capitalists and the proletariat-the larger class of workers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The bourgeoisie-merchants, manufacturers, professionals-had gained financial power but were excluded from political power. Those who were socially beneath them had very few rights, and most were also increasingly impoverished. The monarchy was no longer viewed as divinely ordained.