The French Revolution was a fight for freedom, trying to bring equality to all three of the estates. Before the French Revolution, France still relied on feudalism, with the Third Estate having no rights, freedom, or power. This period was the Old Regime of France. At the time, harvests were not going well and France’s economy was collapsing. During this time, King Louis XVI was lavishly spending the wealth of the country and partying rather than actually helping his country. The collapse and the Old Regime were what planted the idea of revolution in the minds of the people. Soon, due to the economic crisis of France, King Louis XVI summoned the estates-general, a body that had not been summoned for over a hundred years. In this meeting of all three estates, each estate had only one vote, regardless of their number of members. This led to the third estates to be outvoted by the first two estates even though they represented over 90 percent of the population. The estates-general and the inequality shown during it further convinced the French peasants that revolution was absolutely necessary. Eventually, some enlightened members of the Third Estate pushed for revolution, leading to the events of the French Revolution later on.