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The Middle Classes, also called the Bourgeoisie.
The Third Estate (peasants and middle class professionals) paid the most taxes, yet they were the poorest
Imperialism or Colonialism.
A new form of architecture that emerged in the high Middle Ages was called the French style, or Gothic architecture.
In France, the majority of people belonged to the Third Estate before the French Revolution. This estate encompassed the commoners, including the bourgeoisie (middle class) and peasants. They made up the largest portion of the population but held the least privilege and political power compared to the First and Second Estates (clergy and nobility).
The middle class, or Third Estate, comprised all those who were not members of the aristocracy or the clergy, including peasants, working people and the bourgeoisie.
The Middle Classes, also called the Bourgeoisie.
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The middle class, or Third Estate, comprised all those who were not members of the aristocracy or the clergy, including peasants, working people and the bourgeoisie.
The social classes were: First Estate: The richest people in France. Paid no taxes. (clergy) Second Estate: Owned 35% of French land. Could move up to the first estate. Paid no taxes. (nobles, urban workers) Third Estate: Poor people. No say in running the country. Paid all taxes. Most of the French population. No chance to making it up to the second or first estate. (peasants, laborers)
Third Estate was the generality of people which were not part of the other estates, or commoners. Bourgeoisie were middle class.
The Third Estate (peasants and middle class professionals) paid the most taxes, yet they were the poorest
The first estate consisted of the members of clergy. The second estate was made of the nobility classes, and the third estate was what contained the peasants, Parisians (or urban workers), and the bourgeoisie who were the upper middle class and were the richest of this estate.
The First Estate was the clergy. The Second Estate was the nobility. The Third Estate was basically everyone else in France, but its representatives in the Estates General were typically wealthy members from the commercial and professional middle classes.
Middle class, peasants, city workers, and bourgeoise.
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