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The leaders of the Third Estate were the middle class, called the [[bourgeoisie]].  They were educated in the ideas of the [[Enlightenment]], most importantly [[Jean Jacques Rousseau]].  Rousseau's book, "The Social Contract" supported a [[direct democracy]], rather that the republican government that had been adopted in [[America]].  The social contract spoke against titles for nobility and demanded complete equality for all people.

The leaders of the Third Estate were the middle class, called the [[bourgeoisie]].  They were educated in the ideas of the [[Enlightenment]], most importantly [[Jean Jacques Rousseau]].  Rousseau's book, "The Social Contract" supported a [[direct democracy]], rather that the republican government that had been adopted in [[America]].  The social contract spoke against titles for nobility and demanded complete equality for all people.

French Revolutionary ideals later inspired the Liberal and Democratic movements in XIX Century.

French Revolutionary ideals, especially thanks to Napoleon, later inspired the Liberal and Democratic movements in XIX Century.

==Chronology of the French Revolution==

==Chronology of the French Revolution==