Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Problems and colbert
- Taxation
- corruption-tax farmers
- burden for 3rd estate
- d'etat/d'election
- tithes-church collected
- 11% produce-meant to give to peasants
- Econmic decay
- inflation
- famine
- wages fell
- shortage of circulation
- 1690s-met down silver
- Backwardness
- lack of investment in agriculture
- 18 million population-80% in agriclture
- not self ufficient
- no investment in industry
- lots of buisnessmen/merchants
purchased offices-exempt from tax=burden on peasants
- Privileges
- short term gain-long term loss
- dont give louis anything back-and dont pay tax
- church gave 'don graduit' of money- not enough though
- Towns
- 'parasites'-'living off produce of local peasants'
- most ambitions centered around buying offices