FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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they believed in Enlightenment ideals
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they had more political power
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they were poor
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they were fond of expensive clothing and elegant living
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Detailed explanation-1: -The affluent bourgeoisie Not all members of the Third Estate were impoverished. At the apex of the Third Estate’s social hierarchy was the bourgeoisie or capitalist middle classes. The bourgeoisie were business owners and professionals with enough wealth to live comfortably.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although some of the bourgeoisie were as rich as nobles, they paid high taxes and lacked privileges like the other members of the Third Estate. Many felt that their wealth entitled them to a greater degree of social status and political power.
Detailed explanation-3: -The enlightenment enthusiasm for science arose from the idea that new learning would extend prosperity and social power to those capable of grasping it. The bourgeoisie shared this interest in rejecting the past and embracing new learning.
Detailed explanation-4: -the Third Estate. Which French group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment? Bourgeoisie.