Question

What issue led to the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years?answer choicesProposed taxation of the Second Estatepolitical representation in the governmentfood shortages and riots among the peasantsequalizing the tax burden among the Three Estates

Answer 1

In 1789, the King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General. It was the first meeting of the Estates General called since 1614. He called the meeting because the French government was having financial problems.