French Revolution
cases
Debt
Taxation Issues
Failure of Reform
Famine
Debt
the dibt was around 8 to 12 billion livre
more than our debt
Louis XVI spent a lot of money on very luxurious things, instead of being financially responsible
also they still had war debts from the Seven Year's War with England 1756-1763
much of their debt was complied because they weren
t exploring like than rival, England
England was able to use the colonies as a steady source of income
France had not completely bought into Mercantilism either at this time like England had
Taxation
France, at this time, was heavily involved in trading
however, to be a great trading country, you cannot have high tariffs, so you need to tax heavily on your people
Masses of people of France, not too thrilled with this idea. Also nobles did not pay these taxes
Failure of Reform
some French economists stated taht the nobles should be included in taxation
this plan backfired, as peasants had to pay even more that before
France continued to stick with their economic plan even thought they were continuing to go deeper and deeper into debt
Famine
Crop failure in the 1780's didn't help much either \\
Supply and demand occurs here with bread
got to the point where peasants thought the crown had wished for them to die
Guillotine
the condemned person is secured at the bottom of the frame, with his or her neck held directly below the blade.however, it continued to be used long after the Revolution and remainded France's standard bethod of judicial execution until the abolition of capital punishment with the backing of President Francois Mitterrand in 1981.
Marie Antoinette
born in Vienna, Austria
married Louis the sixtenth
Became the Queen fo France
had two sons and two daughters
very popular with the people at the beginning of her reign
at the end fo her reign, very unpopular
Executed by the guillotine
Napoleon
military leader during the later stages of the Revolution
became the Emperor fo the French in 1804
Napoleonic Code
Height
Battle Tactics
Waterloo
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