It's the 1780s and the poor people are being treated like trash and the rich do not have a care in the world. Wouldn't this irritate you if you were lower class? This was one of the many things that sparked the revolution. These inequalities in society enraged the third estate, causing them to rebel against King Louis XVI. Not only that, the church was irritated with the scientists, due to the ideas of the enlightenment writers. Almost all of the lower class citizens were miserable and hungry. The financial crisis and lack of food made life even harder for the less fortunate. The French Revolution may have