Ancien Regime

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3 councils that met in the presence of the king?
conseil d'etat, conseil des depeches and conseil royal des finances
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What was the counseil d'etat?
dealt with major issues of state and foreign affairs
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What was the conseil des depeches?
dealt with Church affairs
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What was the conseil royal des finances?
Managed state finances
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What were the Intendants role?( 3 examples)
Ensuring taxes were paid, kings edicts were carried out, raising troops
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What was the 1st estate
Clergy
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How many members were in the 1st estate
150,000
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What was the 2nd estate
Nobility
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How many members were in the 2nd estate
200,00-400,000
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what were the 3rd estate
the rest of the population
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what burdens did the 1st estate have
had to help the poor, list of parish, marriage and deaths and support the monarchy
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what were 1st estate privilages
Tithes, censorship of press, no direct tax, state religion, controlled education
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what were the burdens of the 2nd estate
not supposed to engage in commercial or industrial activity, local courts, vintigeme, support army
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what were the privilages of 2nd estate
tried in own courts, exempt from military service, exemplt from gabelle and corvee and taille, feudal dues, monopolies
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what were the burdens of the 3rd estate
tithes, corvee, capitation, vingtieme, gabelle , taille , feudal dues. octrois
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examples of indirect taxes
octrois, aidas and gabelle
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what was the octrois
tax on goods entering the town
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what was the gabelle
salt tax
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what was the aidas
tax on food and drink
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examples of direct tax
capation, taille and vingtieme
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what was capation
poll tax
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what was taille
land tax
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what was vingtieme
5% tax on income
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name 4 philosophers of the enlightenment
Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot
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what did montesquieu believe
defended nobility and privilage but questioned political authority
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how did montesquieu believe power should be seperated
judiciary, legislative and executive
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what books did montesquieu create
lettres persanes 1721, l'esprit des lois 1748
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what did voltaire believe
he was against hypocrisy and injustie and in support of toleration towards civil rights, right to fair trial and right to free speech
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what was rousseaus believe
the government was a contract between its people and the rulers. The people should be able to overthrow the government if they failed.
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what was diderot's ideas
to bring together all human knowledge, rejected religion - saw church as a bar of progress.
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What did diderot write
Encyclopedie
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when did france start to support the ameriican revolution
secretly 1776
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what did the french give to the american colonists in 1776
gunpowder, ammunition and economic aid
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in 1777 how much economic aid did they give?
5 million
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when was an alliance made with america
1778
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why was lafayette significant in the american revolution
he was elected as estates general when he returned
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what was the total income of the government in 1775
377.2
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what was the total expenditure of the government in 1775
411.4
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what was the total income of government in 1788
471.6
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what was the total expenditure of the government in 1788
633.1
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Assembly of Notables
February-May 1787
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Clash of parliaments
May 1787- May 1788
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revolt of the nobles
May- August 1788
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what were the main concerns of summoning an estates general
how many debuties each estate would have, methods of debate, the voting procedure
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why was their growth of politicalism in the 3rd estate
society of 30, sieyes pamphlet - what is the 3rd estate and poor economic situation
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how much money were parisian workers spending on bread in 1789 compared to 1788
50% in 1788. 80% in 1789
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