France AOS1 Bankruptcy and Reform (Week 3 Review)

Arrange Louis XVI's Finance Ministers chronologically

• Jacques Necker (1)

• Anne Roberts Turgot

• Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne

• Charles Alexander de Calonne

• Jean-François Joly de Fleury

In what year did Turgot provide Louis XVI advice to avoid bankruptcy?

• 1770

• 1774

• 1781

• 1786

Match the following wars with their dates

• 1756-163

• 7 Years War

• 1740-1748

• Austrian War of Succesion

• 1775-1783

• American War of Independence

The main French currency in the 18th Century was the ______

France's involvement in the American War of Independence was paid for with foreign loans equalling approximately ______ livres

• 563 million

• 800 million

• 1.1 billion

• 1.4 billion

The obtaining of foreign loans during this time was made possible by the ___________________

• DORMAC

• Cahiers de Doleances

• Compte Rendu

• Lettres de Cachet

The Compte Rendu was published by which finance minister in 1781?

• Turgot

• Necker

• Calonne

• Brienne

Which minister in 1786 presented the reforms titled "Plan for the Improvement of the Finances to King Louis XVI"?

• Turgot

• Necker

• Calonne

• Brienne

Which of the following reforms was NOT implemented by Necker?

• Abolition of 385 venal positions in tax and finance

• Abolition of 506 venal positions in the royal household

• Commissioning a census of collections and wastage

• Introducing taxes for the clergy and nobility

Which tax ended in 1786, three years after the end of the American War of Independence?

• Tithe

• Vingtieme

• Taille

• Capitation