How did the Revolt of the Parlements contribute to the French Revolution?

The financial reforms needed to save France from bankruptcy were never realized and the parlements' and the king's inability to reconcile hastened the meeting of the Estates-General in 1789 as well as the start of the Revolution.

Revolt of the Parlements

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Definition

The Revolt of the Parlements of 1787-1788, was the climax of a power struggle between the royal authority of King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) and the Parlement of Paris, the most powerful of France's thirteen parlements, or high judicial courts. The parlement's resistance to the king's financial reforms forced the king to summon a meeting of the Estates-General.

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Timeline

1787 - 1788
Revolt of the Parlements in France.