The king could have definitely averted the revolution and in a multitude of ways. The following essay will elaborate on how exactly he could have done so.

Firstly, one of the main long term causes of the revolution was the losing of respect and confidence in the government due to the individual personality of the king. If, from the start, the king had behaved in a dignified manner and took his duties seriously, most probably, the revolution could have been averted.

Louis XVI was very timid and refused to give constant support to his ministers' (example: Turgot) reform plans. This led to a failure of making reforms over a long period of time and making the reforms only when an absolute crisis occurred. It was this sudden change that contributed to the revolution.

Not only that, the king could have discouraged the intriguing of certain ministers to bring others down, but instead adopted a 'divide and rule' policy, because he was weak. This undermining of fellow ministers is one of the factors led to Calonne failing in the Assembly of Notables, which led to the eventual

Also, at the royal session (after the tennis court oath), the king introduced reforms that the people wanted to hear. However, he introduced them too late for the people to be completely satisfied. He should have introduced them much earlier.

Secondly, another main reason the revolution took place was because the nobles saw themselves as fighting against despotism.

After the king brought the parlement back, and met up with them in a royal session, he began adopting a persuasive rather than a confrontational attitude toward the parlement. The parlement would probably have given the king the green light to go ahead with the loans he wanted to get, but halfway through, the Duke of Orleans stood up and protested that this wasn't legal. The king insisted that it was legal because he wished it to be and brought back fears of his despotism. If he had acted diplomatically, the parlement would have probably agreed to his wishes, and it would also have allayed public fears that the king was being despotic; which was one of the core causes of the revolution.

He then threw the parlement in jail and drew up new laws to take away the

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