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Minor point but the French Revolution was the bourgeoisie (middle class, lawyers, landowners, tradesmen, local officials, "tax payers" of the increasingly onero
by simonsarris 10y ago
Minor point but the French Revolution was the bourgeoisie (middle class, lawyers, landowners, tradesmen, local officials, "tax payers" of the increasingly onerous taxes at the time) rising up against the nobility & clergy, not quite the plebes.
- cadlin 10y agoMinor point on your minor point, the French Revolution may have begun that way with the calling of the Estate General, but actions by the "passive citizens" (lower classes) spurred the overthrow of the monarchy, Louis's subsequent execution, and universal male suffrage. They didn't direct things from the top, but the mob's opinion was accounted for.