The French Revolution: Social Causes

There were many causes of The French Revolution. The biggest cause was the enlightenment thinkers who caused the third estate to think differently. the first estate was the clergy which owned most of the land and paid some of the taxes.the second class the nobles had a lot of land and paid no taxes.the third estate the presents had the most population but paid the highest taxes.
the presents saw what the enlightenment thinkers were doing and decided to do the same. seeing how unfair it was the peasants formed a group and took over the Bastille. and from there the french revolution took place.