First Stages of the Revolution•King was in a difficult position following failure to sway Assembly of Notablesoneeded to reduce privileges of the noblesto solve the financial crisis,butto do sowithout their approvalwould lead toaccusations oftyrannyoon the other hand,capitulating to the demandsof the privileged classesin return for new taxeswould compromisethe king’sabsolute authorityand suggest his word wassubject to the approval ofthe nation, or at leastthe nobility•in response to the refuse to pass taxes, Louis XVI exiled the members of theParlement of Parisorevolt of the nobility, marking the start of the revolution, occurred as aresult of the monarchy’s attempt to force taxes on noblesoLouis XVI recalled the Parlement of Paris in Nov1787, but ordered newloan edicts to be registered without giving Parlement a chance to voice itsopinionwith this move,Louis XVI crossed the line between absolutism