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Ancien Regime Finance Flashcards

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1700 population

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21.5 million

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1780s population

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27 million

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Trading ports

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Marseilles, Nantes, Le Havre, Bordeaux.

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Discounting bills of exchange

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1776 - Caisse d’Escompte founded

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5
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Units of measurement before 1789

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25,000

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Failure of the vintage

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1778

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7
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Disastrous winters

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1785-89

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Worst harvest in 40 years

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July 1788

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Direct taxes

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Capitation (poll tax), Vingtieme (5% income levy), Taille (land tax).

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Indirect taxes

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Gabelle (salt tax), Tabac (tobacco tax), Aides (consumer goods), Domaine (crownlands tax), Traite (customs), Timbre (stamp tax), Octrois (Customs on imports).

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1715 debt

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2 billion livres

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12
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Annual interest payment on 1715 debt

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165 million livres

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13
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War of the Austrian Succession

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1740-48

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Seven Years’ War

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1756-63

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Costs of Seven Years’ War

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1.3 billion livres. Loss of all French colonies in North America.

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1764 debt

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2.3 billion livres

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1783 Treaty of Paris debt

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3.3 billion livres

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