1787-1789

Question 1

Assembly of Notables meets

Answer 1

Feb 1787

Question 2

Calonne dismissed

Answer 2

April 1787

Question 3

Brienne appointed, assembly closed, loan taken out

Answer 3

May 1787

Question 4

Paris Parlement refuse land tax, lit de justice, parlement calls for Estates General

Answer 4

July 1787

Question 5

Paris Parlement exiled to Troyes

Answer 5

August 1787

Question 6

Parlement returns

Answer 6

September 1787

Question 7

Royal session

Answer 7

19 November 1787 - Louis exiles Duc d’Orleans by lettres de cachet, loans forced through by lit de justice, another vingtieme approved, Estates-General promised by 1792.

Question 8

May 1788

Answer 8

Fundamental Laws passed by Paris Parlement, Louis responds with May Edicts 1788 through lit de justice.

Question 9

Enlarged don gratuit

Answer 9

June 1788 - Clergy offered 1/4 of expected tax to Brienne.

Question 10

Day of Tiles

Answer 10

7 June 1788

Question 11

Bankruptcy declared

Answer 11

16 August 1788

Question 12

Necker - Estates-General

Answer 12

Brings date forward to 1789 on 26 August 1788.

Question 13

September 1788

Answer 13

Paris Parlement declares procedures would be same as 1614.

Question 14

December 1788

Answer 14

Third estate - double representation.

Question 15

Societe des Trente

Answer 15

Talleyrand, LaFayette - Encouraged third estate to be political.

Question 16

What is the Third Estate?

Answer 16

Sieyes - January 1789.

Question 17

Cahiers de doleances

Answer 17

Ledger of complaints collected between January and April 1789. Around 40,000 ultimately produced.

Question 18

Reveillon Riots

Answer 18

26-29 April 1789: workers riot over rumoured wage drops amid increasing food prices at luxury wallpaper factory.