Why did the middle class, rather than the working class, drive the Revolution?

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Explanation: The Revolution came from them—the middle class. The working classes were incapable of starting or controlling the Revolution. In The French Revolution, historian Albert Mathiez claimed that leadership fell to the middle class because of what those people knew about Enlightenment ideas.

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either b) they were often feared and despised by other native cultures. or

c) their obsession allowed them to coexist with many other native cultures because of their peaceful nature.