France at one point had a classification system called the Old Regime. It consisted of the First Estate, which had the clergy. The Second Estate included all of the nobles, and the Third Estate had all the middle class and poor. However the Third Estate was treated very poorly and were not equal to the other classes. The unjust treatment to the Third Estate was a major cause that led to the French Revolution. In the political cartoon, we see a poor man is chained while a king, priest, and a nobleman are sitting on top of him. This represents that the burden of all the taxes was put upon the Third Estate. This was extremely unjust for them considering that they worked hard for the very little money they received. Also, whenever the king spent
