Developemnts February 1787 - May 1789

Question 1

When did assembly of notables meet

Answer 1

February 1787

Question 2

Assembly of notables consisted of (5)

Answer 2

144 men
Seven privpnces of blood
Senior judges from parlements
Important notables representing provincial estates
14 representatives of the church

Question 3

AofN reaction to reform package (2)

Answer 3

Clergy = hostile to new plans to tax church
Notables = not convinced situation was bad enough to warrant these change

Question 4

When had the AofN last met

Answer 4

1626

Question 5

When was the assembly dismissed

Answer 5

May 1787

Question 6

Who was Brienne (2)

Answer 6

Failed to cope with the worsening financial crisis
resigned in august 1788

Question 7

Brienne changes (3/5)

Answer 7

Extended tolerance to Protestants
Gave local taxpayers right to vote
Supported spread of education + abolition of tax farming + establishment of central treasury

Question 8

What did Brienne ask PP + why (3)

Answer 8

Without the assembly to endorse tax changes = turned to PP
Paris parlements to register his proposals fo a land tax and higher stamp duties
In July = wouldn’t endorse these tax changes

Question 9

What did Brienne do + reaction from PP (2)

Answer 9

Force registration of tax proposals using the lit de justice
PP refused to accept and petitioned the king for an Estates general

Question 10

November 1787 royal session (3)

Answer 10

Laws approving more loans forced with lit de justice
In return for parlements approval for vingtième = Louis forced to approve an estates general
Promised to call this by 1792

Question 11

What further steps did parliament take + when (4+)

Answer 11

May 1788
Issued the ‘fundamental laws of the kingdom’
Claimed these could not be changed even by royal demand
Stated an Estates general was needed for such fundamental changes as Louis was proposing

Question 12

Louis response to may 1788 (4)

Answer 12

Arrested more members
On advice from the head of judiciary = drew up plans to remove the parlements powers = May edicts

Question 13

What did the may edicts state (4)

Answer 13

New court of nobles, officers and magistrates appointed by the king + responsibly for registration of laws
New court = right to remonstrate
Parlements legal work = transferred to lower courts
Judges in PP = reduced

Question 14

How + what happed after the may edicts was passed (2)

Answer 14

Forced through by the lit de justice
Provoked an all night protest session in the PP broken up by soldiers

Question 15

Revolt of nobles + political breakdown how (4)

Answer 15

Provincial parlements flooded royal court with remonstrances
PP led cries to end lettres de cachet + imprisonment without trial
Radical pamphlets appeared attacking Brienne
Everywhere = demands for an EG

Question 16

How did the clergy protest + when (2)

Answer 16

In June 1788 Brienne demanded an enlarged don gratuit
Only partially granted = offered a quarter of what was expected

Question 17

Further political breakdown (3)

Answer 17

Taxes weren’t paid
Uncoordinated + sporadic uprisings broke out across the country
Royal officials + intendants attacked

Question 18

Day of Tiles + when + where (3)

Answer 18

In Grenoble
Royal troops who arrived to restore order = pelted with stones + roof skates
June 1788

Question 19

What compelled Louis to submit a call for an EG in 1789 (3)

Answer 19

Brienne suspended payments from the royal treasury = no more loans = France couldn’t afford to pay inyrest

Question 20

Why + when France declared bankrupt (2)

Answer 20

August 1788
Short term loans France relied on dried up

Question 21

When was necker recalled

Answer 21

25 August 1788

Question 22

What did necker do to fix kings mess (2)

Answer 22

May edicts were concerning the parlemnts were rescinded
Temporary loans were raised

Question 23

Debates concerning the bring up of an EG (3)

Answer 23

Number of deputies each estate would elect = should third have more because they represent 80-90% of population
Method of debate = meet separately or as a single body
The voting procedure = single vote or vote per head

Question 24

What was the PP pronouncement (4)

Answer 24

Follow procedures of its last meeting 1614:
Equal representation for each estate
Separate meetings
One vote per estate

Question 25

What did parlements pronouncement effect (3)

Answer 25

Divided people
Parlemnts had been hailed as champions for the ordinary folk = defenders of tradition
New leaders merged from 3rd estate and enlightened nobles

Question 26

When second AofN (3)

Answer 26

November 1788
Provide advice on the political procedures for the EG
Agreed the same procedures employed in last sitting should be used

Question 27

What + when did necker and the king agree about EG

Answer 27

End of December 1788
Accepted 3rd estate should have double representation
Refused to pronounce voting procedures = rep was meaningless

Question 28

Reasons for the growing politicisation of third estate (4)

Answer 28

Society of thirty
Publication of what is the third estate
The poor economic situation
Cahiers de doléances

Question 29

What was the society of thirty (4)

Answer 29

Set up by liberal noble reformers
Included magisatres and clergy
Included Lafayette
Encouraged members of the third estate to fight for their rights by printing pamphlets and holding meetings

Question 30

What is ‘what I’d the third estate’ (3)

Answer 30

Pamphlet published in January 1789
Argued third estate was everything + it all represented the nation
Led to growing desire to have a voice and act as leaders

Question 31

What is the poor economic situation (4)

Answer 31

Discontent and demand for change worsened by harvest 1788
By spring of 1789 = Parisians spending 88% of wages on bread to stay alive
Textile production fell back by 50%
Unemployment rose

Question 32

What were the cahiers de doléances (2)

Answer 32

Each estate was invited to draw up a list of grievances to discuss at EG
Society of thirty helped illiterate members and drew up model cahiers

Question 33

What did the cahiers speak on (5)

Answer 33

Around 40,000 produced 1789
Few demanded radical change
Most spoke of a need for more representative government
3rd estate cahiers = more concerned with taxation
Those from peasant districts tended to reflect very local and specific concerns

Question 34

Who was Sieyes (4)

Answer 34

Published ‘what is the third estate’
Clergyman
Elected to the EG
Proposed the setting up if the National Assembly

Question 35

What was the attack on Révellion wallpaper factory (3)

Answer 35

Rioting when rumours spread that the wallpaper manufacturer Révellion was considering cutting wage rates
Factory was attacked
After 2 days troops were called in to restore order

Question 36

Summary (6)

Answer 36

• Attempt to obtain a land tax in assembly of notables failed
• Parlements claimed to champion the ‘findemental rights’ of the nation
• May edicts = revolt of nobles and breakdown of gov
• Brienne forced to resign + necker recalled
• Bankruptcy on august 1788
• Parliaments tried to preserve traditional form of EG whereas the third estate was encouraged to demand a greater say