Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Problems with fianance
- Nature of france-
- no uniformity
- tax levels
- variation in currency
- d'etat and d'elections
- Burden of war
- melt down silver in versaille
- sales of office increased=tax exept
- tax increased
- borrowing money at high levels
- agriculture
- lack of investment
- land exhustion=rural poverty
- pressure on poorest to pay rent and tax
- levle of dept
- 1661=451 million livres
- 1715=2000 million livres
- "those who could the least paid most"-wilkinson
- tax exemption of 1st and 2nd estate