1. The Pressure Cooker Theory of Revolution
... of Revolution. In the socio-economic pyramid, there are three estates. The first estate is the clergy of the Catholic Church. The second estate is the nobility. The third estate was compromised of everyone who was not a clergyman or noble. ... There were three groups within the third estate. They were the bourgeoisie (middle class), proletariat (city workers), and peasants (farm workers). A movement known as the Enlightenment swept through Europe in the ... Marie Antoinette, sat at the top of the French socio-economic pyramid. Their marriage was arranged on the basis of power politics. ...
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