xt, the masses demanded that King Louis XIV return to Paris where they could watch him, and to prevent further uprisings, Louis agreed. It was at this time that the power of the masses was truly realized; for a group of the Third Estate to band together and make demands of the King, and for the King to listen was a great step in the establishment of the middle class as a force to be reckoned with.
             The masses were not merely content with having the King agree to follow their demands, they wanted to have some power over their own lives. Thus even when Louis yielded and legalized the National Assembly, the crowd rioted because of his dismissal of a reform-minded minister, leading to the infamous storming of the Bastille by an excited Paris mob. Louis, anxious to avoid bloodshed gave in once more and Necker was reinstated. Later, when rumours of counterrevolutionary court intrigues were exploited, an angry mob marched to Versailles and forcibly moved the royal family and the Assembly to Paris. The tables were now completely turned, instead of the Third Estate being run by the Ki
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