This group was made up of the middle class of the French. Mainly the 3rd class. The 1st class was Priests while the 2nd class was made up of Nobles and wealthy landowners. 3rd class were wealthy peasants and the bourgeoisie.
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The Third Estate was the estate in which the bourgeoisie belonged to.
The Bourgeoisie pushed for limited government.
The bourgeoisie is the ruling/leech class. The bourgeoisie lives off the efforts of others and adds little if nothing to society.
It meant the urban middle class, meaning lawyers, factory owners, doctors, etc. Basically, people who were doing well but weren't noble. The bourgeoisie made up approximately 8% of France's population at this time.
The French working class. It includes the peasants, the bourgeois, and the merchants. Essentially, the Third Estate was everyone who was not a part of the noble class (Second Estate) or the clergy (First Estate).