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The Ancien Régime exclusively and heavily taxed the Third Estate. The First and Second Estates, the wealthiest individuals in France at that time, paid no taxes. The 97% of people of the Third Estate, who had the least income were responsible for supporting the French state with high tax burdens and they were sick of it. When attempts to find an equitable solution failed, the people took to arms.

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