Some like Emmanuel Sieyès, a bourgeois writer seduced by the ideas of the Enlightenment, thought that all of French society rested on the backs of the third power. On the contrary, Robespierre, the monarch of the time, believed that the third estate did not have the power to do anything important for society. The third estate had to pay taxes like the Gabelle and the Taille while the first and second domains did not have to pay taxes to the king. In addition, the third estates were less represented in the vote. The first and second powers could each time surpass the third power, which constituted a huge inequality. The situation of the third estate was horrible but a good part of this third estate was the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie had some wealth and social class, so they influenced the rest of the third estate on their rights, while also inspiring some lower clergy and provincial nobles and thus led a group of rebellious people to fight the monarchy. This struggle for political representation and political rights was only one of the causes of the French Revolution. Another cause lies in the French monarchs: Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVl. Under Louis XIV, the monarchy had unlimited power and was known as a