https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk en-us 2022-07-25 05:39:42 UTC 2025-10-01 23:15:23 UTC hello@padlet.com tripatriawijayaartha https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250897663  Turgot was Louis XVI’s first Controller-General of finances and, with the King’s support, attempted to introduce a wide-reaching reform programme, which included abolishing the Corvée in 1776.]]> 2022-07-28 02:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250897663 jamiekai https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250898213 In 1774 Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France on his accession in 1774 Louis XVI was aware of many of the problems affecting the finances of the State. He appointed Anne Robert Jaques Turgot as Controller-General.]]> 2022-07-28 02:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250898213 jamiekai https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250933214

In the resulting American War of Independence (1776–83), France intervened on the side of the rebels, providing both financial and military support. The intervention of France in 1778 was decisive and helped bring about the defeat of British forces and the creation of the United States of America.

The cost of helping the American colonists defeat the British government was approximately 1066 million livres

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• Necker was dismissed because the king regarded that he has too many sympathy for the third estate.
• Following Necker’s dismissal in 1781 his successor Joly de Fleury discovered the true nature of France’s finances. 
• The Treasury was 160 million livres short for 1781 
•  295 million livres short for 1782

]]> 2022-07-28 03:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250935195 tripatriawijayaartha https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250939831 The general agricultural prosperity suddenly came to an end, and was brought by a series of disastrous harvests between 1778 - 1787.

]]> 2022-07-28 03:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250939831 fionant https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2250940693 On 20 June the members of the French third estate took the Tennis Court Oath in the tennis court for the use of the Versailles palace. Their vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established". This become a pivotal event of the french revolution

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After Jacques Necker was dismissed by King Louis XVI for the second time, The Parisians responded by storming toward the Bastille fortress on July 14, 1789, to secure gunpowder and weapons. The troops at Bastille resisted for a few hours before they surrendered to the mob. The fall of the Bastille, a symbol of power and the monarchy’s dictatorial rule, is considered by some as the start of the French Revolution. It resulted in King Louis XVI withdrawing the royal troops from the French capital and recalling finance minister Jacques Necker. Due to the significance of this event, July 14 is celebrated as the national day of France.

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The Day of the Tiles was an event that took place in the French town of Grenoble on 7 June 1788. It was one of the first disturbances which preceded the French Revolution.

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On 21 July, the Assembly of Vizille occurred as a result of a meeting of various representatives in Grenoble. Its purpose was to discuss the events of The Day of the Tiles which occured on the month before.

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 In 1788,there was major disaster, which very wet spring and freak hailstones in many areas in July resulted in a very poor harvest, which was particularly disastrous for peasants.

A severe winter in the same year resulted in famine and widespread starvation in the countryside. Rising prices in Paris brought bread riots.

France also declared bankruptcy.

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in April–May there was a wave of riots called the "Flour War" against increasing bread prices in the northern, Eastern and western parts of the Kingdom of France.

]]> 2022-08-01 05:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2252590975 fionant https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2252595487 - The entire feudal system was abolished on 4&11 August.
- It abolished both the Manorialism of the Second Estate and the tithes gathered by the First Estate.
- There are several successes such as the equality of legal punishment, admission of all to public office, abolition of venality in office, and freedom of worship.

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​​On 26th August 1789, the Assembly published the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a charter of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution. The basic principle of the Declaration was that all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”. Its 17 articles served as the preamble to the Constitution. 

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Bad harvests caused prices to increase therefore many people were hungry and restless.

On 5th October 1789, a large crowd of protesters, mostly women, began to assemble at Parisian markets. After getting unsatisfactory responses from city officials, the women marched from Paris to the Palace of Versailles, then stormed the palace, killing several guards and demanded the king to “live among the people”. Louis XVI ultimately conceded to their demands and agreed to go to Paris with the mob. The royal family in Paris was placed under the “protection” of the National Guards, thus legitimizing the National Assembly.

]]> 2022-08-01 05:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2252597694 tripatriawijayaartha https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2252611321 - On 20 August 1786, Calonne, the Controller-General, told Louis XVI that the government was on the verge of bankruptcy. 
- Revenue for 1786 would be 475 million livres, while expenditure would be 587 million livres, making a deficit of 112 million – almost a quarter of the total income.
- This information caused Louis to form a plan to further increase the taxes. 

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September 3, 1783, end of america war of independence.

 The treaty of Versailles managed to give back Alsace- Lorraine to France. Although they didn't give French most of their lost territory.

]]> 2022-08-01 05:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2252611427 tripatriawijayaartha https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2254227165 - Louis's tax reform proposals were supposed to be approved by the parlement first.  But Calonne and Louis found differences with the parlement. 
- The Notables was an assembly that consists of 144 men of nobles, archbishops, and others. 
-  1787 assembly was called to assess Louis's reform proposals. Hoping to get the Notables support.
- But The king's plan to raise the tax price of the higher estates enraged them that they ended up rejecting the plan. ]]> 2022-08-03 15:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2254227165 fionant https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2254539938 Summoned by King Louis 16 in may 1789. First estate: clergy
Second estate: nobility Third estate: everyone else]]> 2022-08-04 02:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiekai/d8rsqrjiyf83mvbk/wish/2254539938