Necker is viewed by many as the…
July 1789 CE
Necker had put a stop to the rebellion in the Dauphiné by legalizing the Assembly of Vizille, then set to work to arrange for the summons of the Estates-General of 1789.
He had advocated doubling the representation of the Third Estate to satisfy the people, but he had failed to address the matter of voting—rather than voting by head count, which is what the people wanted, voting had remained as one vote for each estate.
Also, his address at the Estates-General had been terribly miscalculated: it lasted for hours, and while those present expected a reforming policy to save the nation, he had given them financial data.
This approach had had serious repercussions on Necker's reputation; he appeared to consider the Estates-General to be a facility designed to help the administration rather than to reform government.
Necker's dismissal on July 11, 1789, provoked by his decision not to attend Louis XVI's speech to the Estates-General, has enraged the people of France and sparked rumors that the king means to attack Paris or arrest the deputies.
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