FRENCH REVOLUTION
Describe the features of the third estate on the eve of the revolution.
FRENCH REVOLUTION
Describe the features of the third estate on the eve of the revolution.
-The Third Estate at the time of the French Revolution consisted of a growing middle class which included merchants, professionals such as physicians, lawyers, serfs and peasants etc. Collectively they were called the bourgeoisie.
-The Third Estate were divided into two groups: urban and rural. Urban included the bourgeoisie, as well as wage-laborers such as craftsmen. Rural included the peasantry and the farming class.
- Having little or no wealth was a point of unity for the bourgeoisie and they were still forced to pay unreasonably high taxes as compared to the other Estates.
- The bourgeoisie was a social class of people, characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture. They formed the middle or merchant classes, and gained social and economic power from employment, education, and wealth.
-The Third Estate at the time of the French Revolution consisted of a growing middle class which included merchants, professionals such as physicians, lawyers, serfs and peasants etc. Collectively they were called the bourgeoisie.
-The Third Estate were divided into two groups: urban and rural. Urban included the bourgeoisie, as well as wage-laborers such as craftsmen. Rural included the peasantry and the farming class.
- Having little or no wealth was a point of unity for the bourgeoisie and they were still forced to pay unreasonably high taxes as compared to the other Estates.
- The bourgeoisie was a social class of people, characterized by their ownership of capital and their related culture. They formed the middle or merchant classes, and gained social and economic power from employment, education, and wealth.
