throughout the years through frivolous spending, wars, and lack of fund rejuvenation. Louis XIV, XV, and XVI had been spending big throughout their years as head of state. Many years of their frivolous spending had drained the French treasury, over extravagant state dinners, new palace building, restoration, and inane amounts of money spent on personal artifacts and private spending. Wars throughout the eighteenth century also had drained the French treasury. Many countries had been through large wars with France. Their budget on their army was gastronomical, their war-debt was extensive and to pay for all of these they [France] went strait to the treasury. The reconstruction of the torn war zones were rebuilt by France, again France looked to the treasury. All of these huge amounts of money that were taken from the treasury, this leads to a treasury drain sooner or later. Whether or not the head of state realized that without proper restoration one day, they would turn to the treasury and it would be bare. The Third Estate was the only class in France that was being taxed in the eighteenth century. The bourgeoisie were in the upper social and economic class of The Third Estate. The bourgeoisie and the peasants of the third estate were the economic backbone of France during the eighteenth century. Although one can look and suppose that the 24 500 000 people that were part of the third estate could easily hold the economy of France would suppose wrong. 96% of those in the third estate were peasants and were in only the 1% tax bracket of a miniscule income. The other 4% of the third estate were the main economic backbone of France. The bourgeoisie were holding up the legs of France and all that they wanted was to "Suppress privilege and acquire equal rights." The economic upheaval of France could have been attributed to the political blunders and intellectual advancements of the eighteenth century. The American Revoluti...
