MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The middle class professionals
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The 1st Estate
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The peasant farmers
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The nobles
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Karl Marx, the bourgeois during the Middle Ages usually was a self-employed businessman – such as a merchant, banker, or entrepreneur – whose economic role in society was being the financial intermediary to the feudal landlord and the peasant who worked the fief, the land of the lord.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bourgeoisie: The middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Characteristics of the Bourgeoisie As Marx describes, the bourgeoisie were the middle class between the poor workers and the enfeebled nobility. However, the bourgeoisie had replaced the power of the nobility and grew to be the wealthiest class through the Industrial Revolution.