REVOLUTION 1 FRANCE1774 - Louis 15 dieso Leaves France worse off then beforeFinances in the hands of kings always seem to fail- Louis 14tho The more revenue, Colbert could bring in the faster Louis spent ito Colbert=mercantilisto Government control’s finances Tax baseo The population divided into 3 catagories Estates- 1st estate is the church- 2nd estate is the nobility- 3rd estate everyone else Taxes- 1st estate own more of France than anyone but the king pays in taxes -0o Voluntary contribution every 5 years- 2nd estate the nobleso Tiny minority but shares huge wealth with the king and the church Taxes-0- 3rd estate over 90% of the population o Least wealth Taxes almost all- Taxes ono Lando 10% taxes on churcho Importso Household itemso Gavel-Tax on Salto Louis 14th spent money on Mistresses Other fun Army (Navy) Wars of Conquesto Slowly and never enough or especially profitable Canada Parts of West Indies Toehold in India- Louis 15th on the throne in 1715 Big rival=English 7 years war- 1756-1763- Big lose for Franceo Losto Canadao West indieso Lost influence in India- Louis 16th o1774o Has inherited the throne plus all the economic problems of yearly two centurieso Meanwhile England is booming But there’s trouble to come from the New World- The English colonies mostly had legislatures based upon parliament- So the concept of Representation was basic Colonies at war with France since the 1670’s- Mostly a few French and lots of Native Americans Until 1755 Colonies had to defend themselveso Seven years War 1756-1763 1st world war- British sent troops and ships - French defeted but who will pay o Colonies But colonies said we are not represented in Parliament therefore we are not paying- British tried o all sorts of taxes o sent troopso got increasingly violent opposition Open war- 1775-1783o French seeing a chance for revenge join colonists in 1778o Victory leads to Republic for US, more debt for Franceo But smart people in France looked at revolution and thought “hmmm”-“ummm in French”o French Budget 50% debt service 25% army in Navy 5% Louis 20% left over May 1789- 1st meeting of time- Estates Generalo Since 1614 Two competing agendas- Finances (king’s agenda)- Representation in government (3rd estate’s agenda) 1.Failed estates general- 2. 2years failure of harvest- 3rd estate farmingo It own governmentso What will the king
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