Answer:
In
the 18th century, middle class was a social group who earned their wealth
through an expanding overseas trade and from the manufacture of goods such as
woolen and silk textile. In addition to merchants and manufacturers it also
included lawyers and administrative officials.
They were well educated and believed that
(i) no group in society should be privileged by birth.
(ii) a person's social position must depend on his merit.
(iii) a society must be based on freedom and equal laws
and opportunities for all.
(iv) this idea was maintained by Locke, Rousseau and Montesquieu.
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