Faced with famine, increased taxes, and rising discontent, louis xvi called a meeting of the estates-general. this was the first time this call had been issued in one hundred fifty years. why did the king call this meeting?
to move france toward a constitutional monarchy
to create a plan of action to stop the famine
to give the people a voice
to attempt government reform

to attempt government reform.

Explanation:

France was facing a period of social and economic discontent under the kingship of Louis Sixteenth. The war expenses and famine condition had a hard blow on the government treasury. The king wants to attempt government reforms to stabilize the financial conditions and the procedure includes voting in Estate General( A legislative body of France).

the french revolution main idea was to give power to the people. the revolution was influenced by the enlightenment ideas, reasoning and skepticism pushed people to revolt against standards and norms in french society.

the problem was that the revolution caused political turmoil, and napoleon saw this as an opportunity and launched a coup d’état in november 1799. he became the first consul of france and later named french emperor.

some people see napoleon as a hero of the revolution and others see him as a traitor.

people see him as a traitor because he noticed the political turmoil and used this moment to rise to power. others see him as a hero of the revolution because he had some political and military achievements - in which he was committed to promoting the achievements of the french revolution - he had extensive public constructions, made a civil reform.

in a bigger picture, napoleon had some huge achievements in france which made him very important, but the fact that he seized power to himself makes him an undeniable traitor to the revolution since the main idea of it was to remove people from power and give power to the people.