The unfair distribution of powers, rights, and wealth between the citizens of France was the main cause of the Revolution. Prior to the revolution, the Kingdom of France practiced the Ancient Regime, a political and social system “based on the concentration of all political, social and economic power between three classes, the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy” (Bastille). Citizens of France were separated into three distinct estates. The First Estate consisted the French Catholic Clergy. The Second Estate comprised of the nobility, with its leader the king and his advisors. And the Third Estate, the poorest and largest group, represented the remaining population: servants, peasants, merchants, city workers, artisans, and middle class
