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Members of the gentry included Confucian scholars, government officials, landlords, and rich merchants.
The Gentry belonged to the upper class in traditional English society. They were landowners who held a prominent social and economic status.
William Shakespeare belonged to the middle class. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to a glove-maker and alderman, which placed him in the middle ranks of society at that time.
During the colonial period the Philadelphia social society had several groups. The upper group, highest social class of people, ran the government, laws, and churches. The social group beneath the upper class are called the gentry. The gentry owned most of the largest, profitable, lands. Below the gentry is the middle class and then the lower class citizens.
1st it was the king and his family then upper class then middle class then the lower class also known as unskilled workers
1st it was the king and his family then upper class then middle class then the lower class also known as unskilled workers
The upper class of colonial society is gentry
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The main types of Gentry classes are the Aristocracy (highest social class, typically inherited titles and wealth), the Gentry (land-owning class below the aristocracy), and the Yeomanry (property-owning class below the gentry). These classes traditionally held significant power and influence in society.
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There were several different social classes in Philadelphia during the colonial period. The top class decided on laws and regulations, the next was considered the gentry. Gentry ran most everything. Under the gentry were the middle class and then the lower class.
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