... 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 18th Century. The ones who came up with the ideas of the Enlightenment were called Philosophes. Most of them ... the revolution, thus causing the lid from the pressure cooker to explode. The proletariat attacked government tax collectors and stole thousands of weapons and ammunition. Peasants in the countrysi...

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