Ap Euro Chapter 19 the French Revolution
Chapter 19 Name: Matt
AP French Revolution
The Crisis of the French Monarchy
1. Problem of debt- during this time the French monarchy was deeply in debt after the seven years war. Because France lost a majority of their colonies with the addition of a fragile economic system because of their lack of faith in banks it fell to the Royal government to tap into their own finances to solve the problem
The Monarchy seeks new taxes
2. Parlement and Parlements- there was a standoff between numerous royal ministers one after another that attempted to devise new taxation that would tap the wealth of the nobility but they were usually shot down by the Parliament of Paris and the provincial parliaments of King Louis XV and XVI who both lacked the character and the resolution to carry this dispute to a solution
3. Rene Maupeou- in 1770, King Louis XV appointed him as Chancellor. René was determined to break the parliaments and increased taxation on the nobility. When he abolished the parliaments and exiled their members to different parts of the country he then began an ambitious program of reform but after the death of King Louis XV, King Louis XVI destroyed all of his progress
4. Louis XV- died with ambitious plans that went to waste
5. Louis XVI- well-meaning but we and vacillating, stumbled from concession to concession until he finally lost all power to save his throne
6. Jacques Necker- became the new director general of finances and produced a report to the French public that said the financial situation was not so bad and was not to be feared. In his report he suggested that a large portion of Royal expenditures went to pensions for aristocrats. This Necker to soon leave office. His actions made it difficult for government officials to claim a need to raise taxes
7. Charles de Calonne- became the minister of finance and encouraged internal trade. He lowered taxes such as the Gabelle on salt, and to transform
AP French Revolution
The Crisis of the French Monarchy
1. Problem of debt- during this time the French monarchy was deeply in debt after the seven years war. Because France lost a majority of their colonies with the addition of a fragile economic system because of their lack of faith in banks it fell to the Royal government to tap into their own finances to solve the problem
The Monarchy seeks new taxes
2. Parlement and Parlements- there was a standoff between numerous royal ministers one after another that attempted to devise new taxation that would tap the wealth of the nobility but they were usually shot down by the Parliament of Paris and the provincial parliaments of King Louis XV and XVI who both lacked the character and the resolution to carry this dispute to a solution
3. Rene Maupeou- in 1770, King Louis XV appointed him as Chancellor. René was determined to break the parliaments and increased taxation on the nobility. When he abolished the parliaments and exiled their members to different parts of the country he then began an ambitious program of reform but after the death of King Louis XV, King Louis XVI destroyed all of his progress
4. Louis XV- died with ambitious plans that went to waste
5. Louis XVI- well-meaning but we and vacillating, stumbled from concession to concession until he finally lost all power to save his throne
6. Jacques Necker- became the new director general of finances and produced a report to the French public that said the financial situation was not so bad and was not to be feared. In his report he suggested that a large portion of Royal expenditures went to pensions for aristocrats. This Necker to soon leave office. His actions made it difficult for government officials to claim a need to raise taxes
7. Charles de Calonne- became the minister of finance and encouraged internal trade. He lowered taxes such as the Gabelle on salt, and to transform