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The Compte Rendu suggested France was in a surplus of how many livres?

By 1786, France was facing ​ (a)   with a deficit of ​ (b)   livres and a debt of ​ (c)   livres.

• bankruptcy
• 112 million
• 3.3 billion

Select the false statement about the Assembly of Notables in 1787

• 144 members

• All Notables were appointed by the King

• Third Estate represented by less than 30 Notables

• Had never been summoned before

Organise the response of the Notables to each of Calonne's reforms:

Groups:

(a) 1. New Land Tax

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(b) 2. New provincial assemblies

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(c) 3. Abolish internal tax barriers

• Supported; wanted to create a national market

• Supported; but wanted a guaranteed number of clergy and nobility

• Will not approve new taxes without knowing the state of France's finances

How did the Compte Rendu affect Calonne's reform plans during the Assembly of Notables?

• It didn't; everyone knew it was a lie by then

• It made the Notables sympathetic to Calonne and want to help him

• It made the Notables distrust Calonne and question the need for his reforms

• It made the Notables want to push Calonnes' reforms further

Lafayette: "We could not think of ​ (a)   unless we knew the returns of the ​ (b)   ."

• new taxes
• economy
• reform
• eating lunch
• American War
• tax collectors

The revolt of the Notables is also known as:

• The Aristocratic Revolt

• The Bourgeois Revolt

• The Urban Worker Revolt

• The Rural Revolt

Why does historian Schama describe the Notables as "the first revolutionaries"?

What has Lafayette's role in the revolution been thus far? Organise the options as either Lafayette's involvement or not.

Groups:

(a) Involved Lafayette

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(b) Did NOT involve Lafayette

• Fought in the American War of Independence

• Was a Notable in the Assembly of Notables 1787

• Finance minister of Louis XVI

• Championed the American Spirit in France

• Called for the abolition of the monarchy

• Demanded to see the state's finances before accepting new taxes

• Published political libelle about Marie Antoinette