FR section 2 - easy - Jacques Necker and France's Finances Quiz
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FR section 2 - easy - Jacques Necker and France's Finances Quiz

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Who was the royal director-general of finances in France in 1781?

  • Louis XVI
  • Charles Alexandre de Calonne
  • Swis banker
  • Jacques Necker (correct)

    • What worsened the financial problems of Louis XVI’s government in 1781?

  • France’s successful intervention on behalf of the American colonists (correct)
  • The monarchy's lack of financial improvement plan
  • A surplus in the budget
  • Necker's financial sleight of hand

    • What did Necker argue in his 1781 public report?

  • The American war had no impact on French finances
  • The sources of revenues had increased
  • If the expenditures for the American war were removed, the budget was in surplus (correct)
  • France's financial difficulties were insurmountable

    • What led to Necker leaving office?

    <p>Pressure from court aristocratic circles due to his revelations about royal expenditures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What made it more difficult for government officials to claim a real need to raise new taxes?

    <p>Necker’s misleading assessment of French finances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the minister of finance in France by 1786?

    <p>Charles Alexandre de Calonne</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed to transform the corvée into money payments?

    <p>Charles Alexandre de Calonne</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Calonne want to introduce for all landowners regardless of their social status?

    <p>A new land tax</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who adamantly refused to support Calonne's plan in February 1787?

    <p>The Assembly of Notables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was called for the reappointment instead of Calonne?

    <p>Jacques Necker</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who replaced Calonne as the chief opponent at the Assembly of Notables?

    <p>Étienne Charles Loménie de Brienne</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who took the new position that only the Estates General could authorize the tax?

    <p>The Parlement of Paris</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who appealed to the Assembly of the Clergy for a large subsidy to fund the debt?

    <p>Étienne Charles Loménie de Brienne</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who refused to extend necessary short-term credit to the government in the summer of 1788?

    <p>Bankers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who agreed to convoke the Estates General in July 1788?

    <p>Louis XVI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who replaced Étienne Charles Loménie de Brienne after his resignation?

    <p>Jacques Necker</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were making demands to restore their privileges enjoyed during the early seventeenth century?

    <p>The local aristocratic parlements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who determined the conflicts that emerged from summoning the Estates General?

    <p>The conflicts themselves</p> Signup and view all the answers

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