The upper class were colonist who were plantation and company owners, stock holders and those who were born into wealth.
The entire fabric of American society was altered during the Great Depression. One percent of the American people controlled the wealth. The middle class Americans were now on a level with the previously poverty-stricken class. They lost jobs, homes, and entire ways of life.
In culture, economics and society it might imply inherited wealth, in academics it is considered to be a course of study requiring little or no effort to complete, in boating it is a weekend craft.
dictionary.reference.com had this to say:"a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual: The well-educated generally have a high standard of living. "
The violence in the Hudson River Valley was your typical class conflict. Tenants rose up against landlords, who controlled not only all of the land but also basically all of the means of production.
The middle class (or bourgiousi)
The Elite
Patricians were wealthy, privileged aristocrats in ancient Rome who held power and influence in society due to their noble birth. They formed the upper class and controlled political and social institutions in Roman society.
The top social class in the New World was typically the wealthy landowners, merchants, and aristocrats who controlled the majority of the wealth and power in society. They often held positions of authority and influence in political and economic affairs.
The upper-class (wealthy) control the power in an Elite and Class Theory. Over a third of the nation's wealth is currently held by just one percent of the American Population. Elite and Class theorists believe that this one percent of Americans controls most policy decisions because they can afford to finance election campaigns and control key institution, such as large corporations.
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what percent of schools allow class pets in the U.S.
Zoloft is not a controlled substance, so it is drug class 6.
People of wealth and power are often referred to as the elite or the affluent. They may also be described as the upper class or the ruling class in society.
60 percent are women
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