May 1789

King Louis XVI has called a meeting of the Estates General to determine how he might pay off the extensive debt in which he so graciously, plunged the nation. The common people of the Third Estate are excited by this rare chance to express their concerns to the King. The First and Second Estates, the clergy and the nobility respectively, are sure to draw a crowd. This will be a meeting to remember! I must hurry to Versailles...