French Revolution
Main causes:
- Debt
- around 8 to 12 billion livre (their currency)
- Louis XVI spent a lot of money no very luxurious things, instead of being financially responsible
- War debts from the Seven Year's War with England.
- Debt compiled because they weren't exploring like 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 Issues
- France was heavily involved in trading.
- However, they could not have high tariffs, so they needed to heavily tax the people. Only taxed peasants, not nobles.
- Failure of Reform
- Some French "economists" stated that the nobles should be included in taxation.
- This plan backfired, as peasants had to pay even more than before
- France continues to stick with their economic plan even though they were continuing to go deeper and deeper into debt
- Famine
- Crop failure in the 1780s 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(conspiracy)
Guillotine:
- Lasted until 1981
Marie Antoinette
- Born in Vienna, Austria
- Married Louis XVI
- Became queen of France
- Had two sons and two daughters
- Very popular with the people at the beginning of her reign
- At the end of her reign, very unpopular.
- Executed by the guillotine
Napoleon
- Military leader during the later stages of the Revolution
- Became the Emperor of the French in 1804
- Known for
- Napoleonic Code
- Height
- Battle Tactics
- Waterloo
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