The Harvests of 1788

The king was about to invite the entire kingdom to take part in a mass airing of grievances. The group that was about to seize the initiative wasn't poor urban workers, though their time would come. It would instead be the educated, eloquent and ambitious alite of the third estate, the bourgeoisie. After brienne resigned at the end of august 17 88, he was replaced by jacques necare who had been out in the political wilderness since being driven from the royal ministry in 17 81.