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Causes of the French Revolution - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Came to power in 1783, facing 100 million livres in total debt and extreme annual repayments
      - Initially attempted to introduce economies and established a sinking fund and re-issued gold coinage to reduce counterfeiting
      - In a new plan in 1786, he attempted to introduce a new land tax which would end tax privileges and free trade to increase trade
      - Alongside this, he called the Assembly of Notables to share the responsibilities for reform. This failed and he was exiled after he lost the support of the king
    - - Faced an annual deficit of 37 million livres and a total debt of 235 million livres
      - Aimed to modernise and increase revenue from greater economic prosperity
      - Stated in his six edicts that he should abolish price controls, reduce restrictions on trading and promote enterprise
      - Ending of price controls resulted in widespread unrest and bread rioting
      - He was removed in 1776 after losing the support of royals, and any progress he made was undone when France went to war again in 1778
    - - Appointed in 1776
      - Focused more on royal finances than the economy as a whole, and increase confidence in the government so loans did not have such extreme interest
      - Planned to remove the 70,000 venal offices which took control away from the government
      - Brought more debt - during his time he borrowed over 500 million livres
      - Produced the Compte Rendu in 1781, an overview of the royal accounts - however, this was misleading as it predicted unrealistic growth as war costs were not included
      - He gained popularity within the 3rd Estate as he appeared more transparent
- - - - Those laid out in the American Consitution of 1667 were - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness