France has been in debt for a while and taxes have increased for the lower class becoming a shadow looming over their backs blocking the light in front of them. Their bitterness and resentment grew while the rich remain uncaring as long as their posh lifestyle was preserved. The years of bad harvests had left the poor resenting the callous wealthy and revolutionary ideas had began to heat inside the lower classes, heating until they started to boil over. Enlightenment concepts spread like wildfire making their way through France and burning through the old ways of thinking. The rich started to take notice of the unrest among the lower classes. They viewed the people with a careful trepidation waiting for the turning point where their wealth
