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1
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Louis exilés paris parlement

A

1770

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2
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France joins American War of independence by declaring war on britain

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1778

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3
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Calonne tells Louis royal finances are insolvent

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1786

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4
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Amount the french provided in America

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By 1777 5 million livres

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5
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French population by 1780 compared to 1700

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27 million - was 21.5 million in 1700

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6
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Increase in commerce between 1715 and 1771

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  • 8 fold - second to britain in trade worldwide

- trade with the colonies quadrupled

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7
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Increase in industrial production

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doubled between 1715 and 1771

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8
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Silk harvest fail year?

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1787

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9
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unemployment from 1788-1789

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46000 in Amiens
10000 in Carcassonne
25,000 in Lyon

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10
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percentage of wage bread prices

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Aug 1788 - 50%

July 1789 - 75% up to almost 88% for some

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11
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Bad harvest

A

1788

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12
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Debt 1788

A

4000 million

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13
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Assembly of notables is called

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December 1786

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14
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Assembly of notables is dismissed

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25 May 1787

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15
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Paris Parlement rejects Louis’ land tax reforms

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2 July 1787

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16
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Louis and Brienne forced registration of tax reforms through using a lit de justice + Paris parlement declares it illegal

A

August 1787

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17
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Louis dismisses Calonne

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April 1787

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18
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Assembly of Notables facts

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144 members from the second estate and some clergy

Called in an attempt to reform the tax system

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19
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Who replaced Calonne and when

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Brienne - May 1787

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20
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Louis exiled thé Paris Parlement to Troyes

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May 1788

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21
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Louis abolishes parlements power to review legislation

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5 May 1788

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22
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Louis summons Paris Parlement back

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September 1788

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23
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Louis exilés his cousin duc d’Orleans by lettre du cache

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November 1788

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24
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Louis pushes through more loans with lit de justice

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1788

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25
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Louis promises to call Estates General by 1792

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1788

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26
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Parlement issue the ‘Fundemental laws of the kingdom’ - when and about what

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May 1788

- criticises thé lettre de cachet and they demand the Estates General is called to verify any tax reforms

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27
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Kings response to the fundamental laws

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arrests two members of the Paris Parlement by lettre de cachet

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28
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May edicts - when and what

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8 May 1788

  • removed powers of parlements and putting it to local level courts
  • set up new court of nobles appointed by the king who would take responsibility for registration of laws
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29
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Mob in Grenoble - when, name and why?

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Day of tiles - June 1788

- response to May edicts demanding reinstatement of their local parlement

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30
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response to may edicts

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  • Provincial Parlements flooded royal court with remonstrances
  • Paris Parlement led cries to end lettre de cachet and imprisonment without trial
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31
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Brienne calls for larger don gratuit - when + what happens

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June 1788

Church offer 1/4 of what was expected

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32
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Louis forces to call estates general - why

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-short term loans dried up
- Brienne had to suspend payments from the royal treasury
THEY NEEDED MONEY

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33
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France declared bankrupt

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August 1788

34
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Brienne resigns - when + who replaces him

A

July 1788

Neckar

35
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First meeting of Estates General

36
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when and what did Neckar and Louis decide for the 3rd estates representation

A

December 1788

they should have double representation

37
Q

Flour wars

A

1775 - due to increase in grain prices

38
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Compte rendu au roi - when and what

A

Neckar’s document presented to the king stating situation of France’s finances - leaving out 46 million deficit from american war

39
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Resignation of Turgot - when + why

A

1776
Six Edicts got rejected and he failed to reform taxes
replaced by Neckar

40
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Turgot six edicts

A

surpress trade guilds
increase competition
abolish the corvée
land owners pay tax

41
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Neckar finance minister dates first time

42
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Calonne dates

43
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Sieyes publishes what is the third estate

44
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Cahiers de doléances - date facts and meaning

A

May 1789

40,000 produced - list of grievances for discussion at Estates General

45
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Who wrote up the cahiers de doléances

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Society of Thirty - lafayette

46
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First day of Estates General

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5 May 1789
King and Neckar make speeches - annoy the 3rd estate as it doesn’t address any of the issues (voting by head or constitutional representation)

47
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Rest of May of Estates General

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6 - each order examined their deputies - 3rd estate thought all of them should do it together
Confusion in early debates as none of the deputies knew each other

48
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4 June - Neckar’s desicion + King leaves

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Third Estate invited clergy to consult in their hall - no reply and called the king to come and help
Neckar proposed each order should examine the credentials do its own members
The dauphine died - King has to leave to grieve

49
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EG - 5june - 17

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Sieyes proposes all of the estates join together
12 June - names of those who want to join - NO NOBLES
14th - 6 priests join
15th - 70 more priests join
Sieyes proposed that the third estate represented 96% of the nation and should therefore rename themselves ‘Represenatives of the People’ - the name the ‘National Assembly’ approved 491 votes to 89

50
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EG - 18th June - 22nd june

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3rd estate locked out

51
Q

Tennis Court Oath

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20 June 1789

52
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Séance royale and Louis proposes 35 point program

A

23rd of June

53
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Louis recognises the National Assembly and joins Estates

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24 June 1789

54
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Neckar dismisses by Louis - RIOTS

A

11 July 1789

55
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National Guard and Paris Commune established

A

13 July 1789

56
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Bastille is stormed

A

14 July 1789

57
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Lafayette becomes leader of the NG

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15 July 1789

58
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Louis recognises NG NA and Paris Commune

A

17 July 1789

59
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Great Fear begins

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17 July 1789

60
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August Decrees announced

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4 August 1789

61
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Declaration of the Rights of Man announced

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26 August 1789

62
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National Assembly give Louis a suspensive veto - he fails to ratify the Aug Decrees

A

11 September 1789

63
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Banquet at Versailles

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1 Oct 1789

64
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Women’s march on Versailles

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5-6 Oct 1789

65
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Versailles stormed and Louis and National Assembly are forced back to Paris, Louis agreed to ratify decrees

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6 Oct 1789

66
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Church land and property seized and nationalised

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2 November 1789

67
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Assignats used as legal tender

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12 Dec 1789

68
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Nobility abolished by NA

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19 May 1790

69
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Réorganisation of Paris into sections

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2 July 1790

70
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Abolition of Parlements

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16 August 1790

71
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Civil Consitution of the Clergy

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12 July 1790

72
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Oath for the CC of C introduced

73
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Pope Pius VI condemns CC of C

A

March 1791

74
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Flight to Varennes

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20 June 1791

75
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Champ du Mars massacre

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16-17 July 1791

76
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Champ du mars - how many go and die

A

6000

50 dead

77
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Declaration of Pillnitz

A

27 August 1791

78
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What was the declaration of Pillnitz

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Prussia and Holy Roman empire calling on European powers to intervene in France and restore the monarch - they will do it but force if needed

79
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NA dissolved and Legislative Assembly established

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Sept/ 1 Oct 1791

80
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Assembly decrees against emigres and refractory priests and Louis vétos

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