What Sorts of Professions Made Up the Developing Urban Middle

question 12

Multiple Choice

What sorts of professions made up the developing urban middle classes of the eighteenth century?

• A) Landed nobles, political leaders, and high court judges
• B) Government officials, merchants, professionals, and small landowners
• C) Artisans, shopkeepers, and those organized in professional guilds
• D) Journeymen, apprentices, servants, and laborers

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