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1
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Increase in the number of freemasonic lodges

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1744
-enlightenment

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2
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War of Austrian Succession

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1748

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3
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When was Marie married to Louis

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1770

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When was Louis XVI coronation

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11 June 1775

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5
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When / What Voltaire work

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-1759 Candide
-corruption of church / upper classes and their willful ignorance of the sufferings of those below them.

(willing ignorance upper estates,church abuses

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When/ What Montesquieu work

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-1748 spirit of laws

seperationof powers

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7
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When/ What Rousseau work

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-“The Social Contract,” and “Emile,” 1762.

  • education = better citizens, power of gov comes from consent so government should pursue general will
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When/ What Diderot’s work

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published 1751 -1772 Encyclopedia in which 100 thinkers put together their knowledge , including several articles himself

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9
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When was the seven years war + consequence and cost

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-1756 - 63
-France surrendered all colonies in North America
-cost 1.3 billion livres

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French debt after 7 years war

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-1764
-2.3 billion livres

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When did France first start sending aid to America

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-1776 in secret

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12
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How much did France spend on the American civil war

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1.3 billion livres

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13
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When did France start sending aid to America

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-1776
-secretly

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14
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When was Turgot dismissed / why

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-12 May 1776
-resigned as his six edicts had offended influential nobles and Antoinette

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What/ when were the six edicts —> met with

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-1776
-Turgot: abolish privilege, tax all, replace corvee with tax on land owners
–> met with two remonstrances

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16
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What/ when Compte rendu au roi - copies sold?

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-Jan 1781
-Necker: inaccurate budget statement that sold 100,000 copies
-claimed 10 million livre surplus when actual 3 billion defecit

17
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When/ why was Necker popular w/ people but dismissed ?

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-19 May 1781
- popular w/ people for winning a war without extra tax + attacking vested interests +publishing public finances
—>from March compte de rendu being a breach of royal protocol and offending wealthy interests forced him to resign

18
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When was Calonne dismissed

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-8 April 1787

19
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When was assembly of notables called?

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-22nd feb 1797
-failed to rubber stamp calonnes ideas for general land tax and reduced
-opposition led by brienne
-seen as incompetent after he revealed compte de rendu to be innacurate

20
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When was assembly of notables dismissed

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-25 May 1797

21
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What/ when was the first lit de justice in the course

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-6 August 1787
-Lettre de cachaets for all magistrates in paris and bordeaux parlements, sent to troyes, seeing as they said about Briennes proposed end to tax exemptions “contrary to right of the nation,”

22
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When/ why was Parlement exiled to Troyes

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-15 August 1787 for failing to register edicts (Brinnes land tax for all, reduce tax exemptions)

23
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when did Parlement return to troyes

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-28 September 1787
-returned due to demonstrations against this and growing financial issues

24
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when did the king first agree to an estates general, to be held when

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-19 to 20 th november 1787 for 1792 in return for another vingtieme (5% of annual income collected from all despite their rank)

25
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What/ when were the parlements fundamental laws

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-3 May 1788
-attempted to assert its judicial indpendance
-stated convening of estates general needed for such fundamental changes in law stated by louis (Briennes land tax for all and to reduce tax exemptions)

26
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What/ when May edicts

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-8 May 1788
-all future edicts to be registered by appointed plenary courts, not parlement
—->new wave of violence e.g. tiles

27
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what/ when day of tiles?

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-7 June 1788
-Grenoble , royal troops who came to restore order after economic depression pelted with roof tiles

28
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When was Bankruptcy declared

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-16 August 1788

29
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When were there poor harvests

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July 1788

30
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When was “What is the third estate?” Published?

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-January 1789

31
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When did Necker announce and estates general

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26 August 1788
-this convocation brought an end to the violence, largely

32
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When were the Cahiers de doleonces drawn up/ how many

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-January 1789
-40,000
-made people focus on their issues

33
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what/ when was the societe des trente formed/ three members where did meet

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-February 1789
-encouraged political discontent 3rd estate by radical pamphlets
-met at palais royal, included Lafayette, sieyes, Saint cloud

34
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when did the estates general convene , 3 preliminary issues

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5 May 1789
issues:
-voting by head
-how many deupites each estate should have (as 3rd estate = 98% population)
-meeting as one body for debating

35
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When was the revellion riot, killed

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-April 1789
-rumours of a wall paper factory closing down
-caused death of 25

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