What were people complaining about in the 1780s?
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- What were people complaining about in the early 1780s?
- The Tax System
- imbalances between the three estates were large
- inequality in the tax system
- a major cause of complaint in towns and the countryside as it was far from fair
- King's richest nobles and the clergy were exempt from taxes
- nobility paid few taxes
- clergy paid no taxes and received the tithe
- the resisted royal attempts to take away their tax exemptions
- instead donated 16 million livres a year
- only 5% of Church income
- instead donated 16 million livres a year
- the resisted royal attempts to take away their tax exemptions
- Nobel's Rights
- feudal rights over peasants on their estates
- medieval taxes that had to be paid to the Lord
- paid in money, animals and work
- medieval taxes that had to be paid to the Lord
- control over manorial courts
- right to hunt and fish
- no good food for peasants
- operated mills, ovens and wine houses which they charged people to use
- right to hunt and fish
- controlled mines and metal working
- had a monopoly on wealth
- feudal rights over peasants on their estates
- Corruption at Court and in Church
- venality led to waste, corruption and incompetence
- also blocked the advancement of those with talent
- major source of resentment in society
- bourgeoise paid high prices for tax posts
- inflated prices for professionals like lawyers
- priests complained that they didn't receive the entire tithe
- people wanted more power
- no monarchy
- venality led to waste, corruption and incompetence
- Enlightenment
- criticised the Ancien Regime
- 1740-1789
- intellectual movement
- philosophes
- explored notions of freedom, liberty and equality
- most influential in France
- challenged traditional beliefs
- Rural Poverty
- land was always divided equally among heirs when an owner died
- meant that there were lots of small pieces of land
- less space to grow crops
- less money
- less space to grow crops
- meant that there were lots of small pieces of land
- poor harvests
- no food
- no money
- no food
- couldn't afford wool/clothes
- wool industry began to decline
- less work
- wool industry began to decline
- land was always divided equally among heirs when an owner died
- Life in the Towns
- growth of industries like silk helped tows to grow
- Paris grew by 20%
- Bordeaux by over 100%
- mix of rich and poor
- created tension and anger
- mix of rich and poor
- life expectancy for the poor was 28.5 years
- disease spread fast
- IMR was high
- food was a main concern
- bread formed 3/4 of their diet
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- bread formed 3/4 of their diet
- The Tax System
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