Wealthy people did not pay taxes so the burden was left to the already poor class, The Third Estate. Seeing this, people were angry and decided to take matters into their own hands. This was essentially the humble beginning of the French Revolution. Now you may be wondering, why am I calling a humble revolution? The reason being, when the revolution began, its ideals were to help poor people with education, food, and well being. Over time, these ideals changed due to bad dictators and people began being executed. So essentially, it was humble at the beginning.