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Oh, dude, Louis XVI finally agreed to summon the Estates-General because, like, France was in a bit of a pickle with all the financial issues and the whole French Revolution looming over his head. It was basically like hitting the panic button - "Oh no, things are getting messy, better call in the big guns." So, he was like, "Fine, let's bring in the Estates-General and see if they can help sort this mess out."
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ReneWell, honey, Louis XVI finally decided to summon the Estates-General because he was basically broke. The guy was knee-deep in debt from funding wars and living the high life, so he needed to figure out a way to raise some cash. Summoning the Estates-General was his last-ditch effort to try and sort out the financial mess he found himself in. Let's just say he was hoping they could come up with some solutions to his money problems - spoiler alert, it didn't exactly go as planned.
In 1789, to avert the deepening crisis, Louis agreed to summon the Estates-General (a form of parliament, but without real power) in order to try and raise taxes. This was the first time the body had met since 1614. Angered by Louis' refusal to allow the three Estates - the First (clergy), Second (nobles) and Third (commons) - to meet simultaneously, the Third Estate proclaimed itself a National Assembly, declaring that only they had the right to represent the nation. Rumours that the king intended to suppress the assembly provoked the storming of the Bastille prison, a symbol of repressive royal power, on 14 July 1789.
Monsieur Lomenie de Brienne was the finance minister of Louis XVI at the time. He wanted to introduce a series of economizations, but the notables did not approve of his plans. He begged the King to take a stand, but Louis XVI hesitated. La Fayette was the one that advised Louis XVI to call for the Estates General. Eventually, Louis XVI took this advice, but realized that this was a very serious blow to the monarchy. Though he was forced to, because if he would have objected to summon them, the whole country would have been in a huge uprising.
The bourgeoisie believed the only way to overthrow the monarchy was to summon the Estates General. They were right.
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What was the purpose of King Louis XVI to summon the Estates General which had not met since 1614?
He needed help to resolve the French financial crisis.
Why didn't Louis XIV call a meeting of the Estates-general?
By calling the Estates-General Louis the XIV would be at a disadvantage because it would give more power to the 1st Estate and the 2nd Estate. He would be losing power and he had no reason to call on the Estates-General. Louis the XVIII had to call on the Estates-General because the country was about to go bankrupt and he had no other choice but to call on the Estates-General and ask them for a loan.
Why did parliament demand that Louis XIV call the estates general?
In the build-up to the violent outbreak of the French Revolution, a meeting of the three-part Estates-General was in fact called by Louis XVI (rather than Louis XIV) in order to gain support for needed economic reforms. Meeting in May of 1789, the Estates-General soon took the initiative for reforms far beyond those envisioned by the French king.
For this reason King Louis XVI was reluctantly forced to call a meeting of the?
The meetong of the Estates General was called by King Louis XVI because of the huge French National debt.
How did the meeting of the estates general contribute to the financial crisis?
In 1789, the meeting of the French 'Estates-General' contributed to France's financial crisis, not to overlook its more general socio-political crisis, by adding additional demands and placing additional pressures on the French monarchy -- again, financially and otherwise. Once Louis XVI regretted his calling of the Estates-General meeting to such an extent that he attempted to disband it, however, it was too late: the French Revolution had begun.
