| What
did the nobility want?
With the exception of a few liberals, the nobility wanted greater
political influence for themselves but nothing for the third
estate.
The
King attempted to solve the financial crisis by removing some
of the nobles' tax exemptions. However, the nobility saw themselves
as special, with better blood, and entitled to all of their
class privileges. The Parlement, a judicial organization controlled
by the nobility, invoked its powers to block the King's move.
He was forced reluctantly to call a meeting of the Estates
General in 1788.
Part
of Liberté,
Egalité, Fraternité: The French
Revolution
- a HistoryWiz Exhibit
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