Imagine a big family where one person gets all the cake while everyone else gets crumbs. That was France before 1789.
The Big Problem
The king and rich nobles didn't pay taxes. The regular people had to pay for everything. When bread got too expensive, people got very angry.
The Spark
People started shouting for change. They wanted a fairer system where everyone had a voice. This anger led to the storming of the Bastille.
Think of it like a game where the rules only helped one team.
The Enlightenment gave people new ideas about rights. When the king tried to fix the money problem by taxing everyone, the nobles refused. This broke the system and started the revolution.