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SIGNIFICANT CAUSES OF DISCONTENT (UP TO 1789) - Coggle Diagram
SIGNIFICANT CAUSES OF DISCONTENT (UP TO 1789)
WEAKNESSES F THE ANCIEN REGIME - NEED TO REFORM SYSTEM OF GOVERMENT AND ADMINISTRATION PAGES (1-12)
King Louis XVI is perceived as a weak leader (page 2)
Marie-Antoinette poor public image page 2-3
Peasants (third estate) paid disproportionately high prices compared to the other two estates
ENLIGHTENMENT THINKING WAS MAKING PEOPLE BEGIN TO QUESTION THE CHURCH (AND DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS?) (PAGE 15) AND THE FAIRNESS OF THE ANCIEN REGIME SYSTEM (TAXES ETC.) (PAGES 15-16)
FRENCH SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ACTUALLY INCREASED SUPPORT FOR ENLIGHTENMENT THINKING (p18)
Enlightenment affected English colonies in America leading to revolution. Benjamin Franklin was enlightenment thinker
Colonists fight against British popular in France, which may have inspired ideas of revolution
Philosophes criticised organised religion and the Church's traditional idea of chain of being. (Societal hierachy)
Divine right was questioned, leading to questioning of absolute monarchy.
*François Quesnay, wrote that monopolies, guilds, tarrifs should be abolished. Insisted that only fair tax was a single land tax paid by all
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS - DEBT, TAX ETC. (PAGES 20-28 - SIMILAR INFO TO THE TAX ESSAY)
France was in debt by 12 billion livres
Widespread Corruption meant indirect taxes on goods and services not paid
Poor Harvets and Bad Yields
CORRUPTION
Corruption Within Church/Criticised by Philosophes (PG 15)
Taxes collected by syndicates and tax farmers = widespread corruption (PG 23)
Venality, system of venality defined page 6, inherently corrupt system
Corruption in every part of French Society, church administration, judiciary, etc. Not just concentrated around the king's court.