Chapter 3 Flashcards
How much land did the nobles own
Between a quarter and a fifth
20-25%
How did nobles earn money
Lived off the THE tents of their estates
Unearned income
Two types of nobles
Nobles of the sword
Nobles of the robe
Nobles of sword
Hereditary
Nobles of robe
Venal
Hobereaux
impoverished nobles of the sword clutching TO status
Hobereaux -> sparrow hawks
Corvée royale
Everyman liable to TO military service required to do unpaid labour service to maintain kings road a
Peasants had to pay seigneurs banalités
For using his mill or oven to ground grain or bake
Or use his wine press
Injustice of seigneurs
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
How many seigneurial courts were there
100,000
Years of te American Revolution
1775-83
When did France become officially involved in the American war of independance
1778
What did France do to help prior to official involvement
France supplied aid in 1776 when Pierre Beau Marcháis was authorised to sell gunpowder and ammmunition to the Americans through a french company
By 1777 how many french livers of aid sent
5 million copies
Total amount spent on American civil war by France
1066 million livres
Lafayette
Was an aide to George Washington
How many units of measure in use in France
25,000
Series of poor harvest what years
1785-1789
The disastrous hail storm!!!
July 1788
Disastrous hailstorm destroyed crops and France had its worst harvest in 40 years
When Louis XVI died in 1715 how much national debt
2 BILLION LIVRES
1764 debt
2.3 billion
1783 debt
3.3 billion
Why was there a sever balance of payments crisis
Not enough collected in taxes
When we’re the Paris parlement exiled
August 1787
Assembly of notables duration
Feb - may 1787
