HIST111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Due Process, Everything2, Bourgeoisie
3 Mar 2016
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Long-term causes of the french revolution: weak monarchy. Totally out of touch with french people. Peasant cottage : age - old conflict between french nobility and monarchy. 400,000 - louis the 16th could not contain the nobles. Desperately wanted to keep their privileges, private justice, and exemption from taxes. But have more money than the hobereaux (lesser nobility) Become incredibly important in the french revolution. Did not fit into the feudal system. Seven years war (french-indian war) and war of american independence: charles alexandre. Calonne - finance general, controller: assembly of notables - ask nobles to pay taxes. Wanted to tax everyone, nobles, because they were unable to squeeze peasants anymore. They say no to new taxes being imposed. First people to say no to the king, beginning of the revolution: king forces to call the estates general. Paris - seething hotbed of resentment: bread shortages. Due to an exceptionally poor harvest in 1789: extremely high unemployment.
