The ideas of the Enlightenment were among the bourgeoisie, a movement of thinkers who applied reason, believed in the dignity of human beings, denied that power came from God, claimed that the true sovereign was the people, proposed the separation of the three powers (Executive, Legislative and Judicial), and the equality of all citizens before the law, abolishing all privileges. It was a time of political and social rebellion in France that began in 1789 because of the inequalities that existed between the rich and poor.