2.2 Calonne - the Notables - Aristocratic Revolt Flashcards

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Order of finance ministers

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Jacques Turgot
Jacques Necker
Joly de Fleury
Charles Calonne
Lomenie de Brienne

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Spiral of the loans by 1786

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By 1786, France was spending 37% of its annual income on loan paybacks

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Simon Schama

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the Notables were the first revolutionaries

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George Rude

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The Notables refused to endorse ministerial reforms because their own cherished fiscal immunities were threatened

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Dates

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29 December 1786 – List of notables announced
22 February 1787 – Assembly of the Notables convenes
25 May 1787 – Assembly of the Notables dismissed

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