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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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1
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How much land did the nobles own

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Between a quarter and a fifth

20-25%

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How did nobles earn money

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Lived off the THE tents of their estates

Unearned income

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3
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Two types of nobles

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Nobles of the sword

Nobles of the robe

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4
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Nobles of sword

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Hereditary

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Nobles of robe

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Venal

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Hobereaux

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impoverished nobles of the sword clutching TO status

Hobereaux -> sparrow hawks

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Corvée royale

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Everyman liable to TO military service required to do unpaid labour service to maintain kings road a

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Peasants had to pay seigneurs banalités

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For using his mill or oven to ground grain or bake

Or use his wine press

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Injustice of seigneurs

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Allowed no one else in village to own male pigs or cattle so he cld charge a breeding fee

Only Seig cld hunt or fish , peasants cld be hanged for doing so

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10
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How many seigneurial courts were there

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100,000

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11
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Years of te American Revolution

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1775-83

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12
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When did France become officially involved in the American war of independance

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1778

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13
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What did France do to help prior to official involvement

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France supplied aid in 1776 when Pierre Beau Marcháis was authorised to sell gunpowder and ammmunition to the Americans through a french company

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14
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By 1777 how many french livers of aid sent

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5 million copies

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15
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Total amount spent on American civil war by France

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1066 million livres

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16
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Lafayette

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Was an aide to George Washington

17
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How many units of measure in use in France

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25,000

18
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Series of poor harvest what years

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1785-1789

19
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The disastrous hail storm!!!

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July 1788

Disastrous hailstorm destroyed crops and France had its worst harvest in 40 years

20
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When Louis XVI died in 1715 how much national debt

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2 BILLION LIVRES

21
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1764 debt

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2.3 billion

22
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1783 debt

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3.3 billion

23
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Why was there a sever balance of payments crisis

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Not enough collected in taxes

24
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When we’re the Paris parlement exiled

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August 1787

25
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Assembly of notables duration

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Feb - may 1787

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