In the seventeen hundreds, before the revolution had begun, France’s political system, social structure, and religious ideas were slightly changing. Louis XVI took the throne in 1774 with his wife, Marie Antoinette and the people’s hope that he was going to revive his country. While the king and queen were living their luxurious life, were not in touch with the suffering and misery of the peasantry. Louis got involved in the American Revolution by sending aid, which had the effect of putting France into more debt. After this, The Estates General’s power rested with the first and the second estates and times for the peasants were bad as Arthur Young, an English writer on agriculture, economics, and social statistics, points out in his Plight of the French Peasants. They were working in harsh conditions, paying heavy taxes, and they only had one vote in the Estates General. The bourgeoisie longed for equality amongst all citizens in society and so they asked for another vote. The…