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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

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

• Supported; wanted to create a national market

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

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"?

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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

• Called for the abolition of the monarchy

• Championed the American Spirit in France

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

• Finance minister of Louis XVI

• Published political libelle about Marie Antoinette

• Was a Notable in the Assembly of Notables 1787

• Fought in the American War of Independence