Anastasiya Balandina Step 2: The French Revolution And Napoleonic Era One main cause of the French Revolution was that the peasants were treated unfairly. They had to pay a large amount of taxes, which were almost impossible for them to Pay. The separation of the classes left them isolated. The economic and social gaps between the Third Estate and the other Two Estates grew leading to the French Revolution. They were inspired by the American revolution, and started to revolt themselves. The Third Estate tried to dissolve the other two Estates. This lead to a new legislative group, the French National Assembly. Aristocrats wanted to overthrow the Third Estate, leading to chaos and eventually created the Declaration of the Rights of Man. All