rivileged class against their privileges which were making their taxes rise and stopping them from being able to make the necessary changes through the government. Again it is seen that poverty was not a factor in this issue because the Bourgeoisie was fighting against privileges that made them the highest tax payers, not because they were living in poverty due to the taxes they had to pay. The prices of goods such as bread, were increasing rapidly. This was due to numerous reasons, the governments debt problem being the major one. Prices were rising faster than the middle classes wages due to tax increases. The solution to this was that taxes had to be paid by all and they should be measured by wealth. This would mean a lot more revenue for the government and thus a lower tax rate for the middle class and wages would increase and prices drop. It would also allow the Bourgeoisie to profit from price rises rather than suffer because they were the producers. But because the government still supported the Aristocracy the Bourgeoisie had to get into the government to change things. In order to do this they had to abolish the privileges that were stopping them doing this in order to get rid of the privileged class that was not paying tax and taking a cut of the middle classes profits. So it is seen again that in order to make changes the Bourgeoisie had to eradicate privileges, so it is shown that the Revolution seeds from a battle against the Privileged class, not a battle against poverty. The way the government was run also helped the Privileged class help itself to the middle classes profit margin. France was divided into provinces and districts. Many of which overlapped each other, this caused problems for the Bourgeoisie who were trading and had to cross these borders. The Aristocracy put dues on anyone who wished to cross the borders and the goods they had. This in itself caused outcries because there was not one single system of weigh...
