So most people who study the French revolution can agree that the French Parlements were one of the primary centers of opposition to any proposed reforms. In 1770-74 the Chancellor, Maupeou, tried to abolish the Parlement of Paris in order to strengthen the crown; however when King Louis XV died in 1774, it was restored. So what if Louis XVI decides to keep the Parlements suppressed. What difference, if any, would this make to the attempted pre-revolutionary reforms and the French Revolution itself?