French Revolution: topic 3, Economic problems and royal finance.

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what year was Louis' biggest problem money?
1774
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why was the monarchy heavily in dept?
cost of foreign war
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how much did the Seven Years' war (1756-63) cost?
1.8 billion livres
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what did the crown do in the short term to pay off royal dept?
borrowed from internal banks
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what did the crown's short term method to pay off royal dept cause in the long term?
made things worse
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where did most of the royal income come from?
taxation
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why was tax collection chaotic and incomplete?
regional differences
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what did tax farming reduce?
Crown's income
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what did Louis try to follow to improve royal finances?
a policy of return
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who was the minister responsible for royal finances?
Controller - General
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what was the Taille?
tax on property and income of the third- estate; consisted of Taille personnelle and taille reelle
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what was the Capitation?
tax payable by everyone (except clergy- paid don gratuit); 2nd estate's payements varied depending on rank, status, occupation and property; contained 22 different tax classes
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what was the vingtieme?
tax of 5% of earnings from land, property, commerce, industry and official offices - All but clergy have to pay
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how much was the french population in 1780?
27 million
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when did France improve its agricultural techniques, such as crop rotation and the use of fertilisers?
1770's
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who grew rich from slave trade and the import of cotton, indigo, coffee and sugar?
merchants
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when was the poor harvests and bed wwinters which depressed peasants incomes?
1785-1789
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