Political?

One of the main causes of the French Revolution was the participation in the Ancien Regime which divided the French Society between three estates.

1. First Estate: The First estate was the clergy, who included priests and religious figures, who ran both the Catholic Church and some of the country. The clergy also had the power to levy a 10% tax known as tithe.
2. Second Estate: The second estate were the nobles of France which included members of the royal family (excluding the king). The members of this estate were exempt from paying taxes, and also collected taxes from the third estate. This estate was only 1% of the population of France.
3. Third Estate: The third estate consisted of everyone else in the kingdom, ranging from peasant farmers to wealthy business class. This estate was 96% of the population in France, however no one in this estate had the rights and privileges that the other two estates did. 

This discrimination to the third estate is believed by historians to be one of the main causes of the French Revolution.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk UCL Museums & Collections. "Three Estates Information Sheet". Web. Mar. 13, 2015. 

Author: Amity Porto