le for equal right3 and freedom from the harsh deal the privileges dealt them. They were discontent because the profit was landing with the consumers and not the producers. Also the nobility didnt have to pay taxes where as the middle class was losing a lot of money through tax and watching prices soar and wage values plummet. They were also angered at the fact that they were unable to change this because they were stopped from entering the government departments and they were not listened to by the King. They saw no way of getting what they needed peacefully so they could only do one thing and that was to revolt against privilege and that meant against the Monarchy itself. Most of the Bourgeoisie were unhappy at the way the country was being run. They were given little or no freedoms and were being held back in their rise to social, economic and political power by the privileges of the Privileged class. Although they were unhappy they didnt really have an ideas to solve the problems they faced. The Enlightenment was the thing they were after. It gave their struggle direction and something to aim for. The Enlightenment was a period where philosophies were written about personal freedoms etc. The Philosophes who wrote of such things were not spreading revolutionary ideas but were stating what the rights of every human being should be. The Bourgeoisie looked what they had and looked at what they should have and from this revolutionary ideas grew. The freedoms they aimed for included freedoms such as freedom of the press, speech, trade and justice for all. They saw that they werent getting these and saw that it was the Privileged class that was stopping them from getting them. It is shown again that the privileges were at the heart of the issues the Bourgeoisie wanted to change, not poverty. Finally the third estate were allowed to take a step towards its goal. The Estates-General was opened. This was a representative body that was used to...
