Was inequality the last straw for France?

Everybody in France paid an equal amount of tax, but only the First and Second Estates owned land.

Not only was the Third Estate mostly very poor, but they were also the only ones to pay any tax.

The amount of tax you paid in France depended on how much you earned, so the Clergy and Nobility usually paid more than the People.

Nobody paid any tax in France, King Louis XVI had to pay for everything with his own money