Class antagonisms precluded unity of action in the Estates-General which convened at Versailles on May 5, 1789.
He wanted to find a way to solve the financial crisis issue
The Estates General was deadlocked from the start primarily due to disagreements over voting procedures. The Third Estate, representing the common people, demanded that votes be counted by head rather than by estate, which would give them more influence. In contrast, the First and Second Estates (the clergy and nobility) preferred voting by estate, which would maintain their power. This fundamental disagreement over representation and voting rights led to a stalemate that contributed to the eventual outbreak of the French Revolution.
proposed taxation of the second estate
French Bishops were named by the King of France and most often from the Nobility. They had close personal and familial ties and their vote was routinely the same on every issue.
Of course he probably expected the Estates to cooperate and find a reasonable solution to the financial woes of France, but the Times, they were a changing.
The fundamental issue that was raised at the constitutional convention was slave trade and human rights abuses. Those were the issues that were strife then.
He wanted to find a way to solve the financial crisis issue
The issue of predestination was the major issue especially between calvinists and Lutherans.
Slavery
The issue you seek is slavery.
The powers to arrest for misdemeanors and felonies that every U.S. citizen already has. And the powers to issue citations (traffic tickets) that only they have.