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After assessing the situation, Necker insisted that Louis XVI call together the Estates-General, a French congress that originated in the medieval period and consisted of three estates. The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobility, and the Third Estate effectively the rest of French society.
French Revolution Background â¢ The immediate cause of the French Revolution was the near collapse of government finances. â French government expenditures were spiraling upward due to costly wars and royal extravagance. â On the verge of a complete financial collapse, the government of Louis XVI (r. 1774-1792) was finally forced to call a meeting of the Estates-General, the French parliamentary body that had not met since 1614. Louis XVI (1754-1793) French Revolution Background â¢ The Estates-General consisted of representatives from the three orders of French society.