Unlike the traditional classes (clergy,nobility,peasants/third estate) the bourgeoisie

A) was not legally defined,but rather a position to be gained through hard work or lost through idleness.
B) had no rights.
C) could not be represented in government.
D) was a closed class (one was born into it) .
E) was defined by extreme wealth.

Bourgeoisie

Historically, the social class that emerged in the Middle Ages, primarily composed of town merchants, artisans, and professionals, often associated with wealth and materialistic values.

Traditional Classes

The societal categories into which people are divided in a hierarchical order, often based on their occupation, birth, or wealth, traditional in many societies.

Third Estate

The common people of France prior to the French Revolution, as opposed to the clergy (First Estate) and the nobility (Second Estate).