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Early Seeds of the French Revolution
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Early Seeds of the French Revolution
Once Middle Class appointees From Louis XIVKept Nobles out of the power structureTitles are based on hereditary
Became “The Nobility of the Robe.”Began to usurp power from the kingEventually will gain and then lose the power of
the “Legal Decree.”
The Parlements – The French Judiciary
Louis XV1715-1774
Duke of Orleans
The Parlements Oppose the King1748 War of Austrian
SuccessionLouis imposes a 5%
tax on all social classes
Vigorous opposition led by the Parlements
Tax was retracted
The King loses the legal decreeThe Seven Years War King issues
emergency taxes to pay for enormous French loses.
Parlements of Paris decrees that the King does not the right to tax
1764 Louis XV with drawls the tax
Louis Appoints Maupeou1768 Abolishes the
ParlementsExiles or imprisons
ringleadersCreates a docile
JudiciaryTaxes the privileged
groups
The Philosophes are harsh critics Illegal publications lampoon the King
Tabloids –Scandal mongeringPornography
Lurid stories and pictures of the King And members of his court
The aura of the French King was dissolving
Enlightened Reaction
1770 Louis XVI- and now “the deluge.”“What I should like
most is to be loved.”Let’s Maupeou goMarries an Austrian
princessLiked to “tinker”
with locks and clocks.
The Parlements of Paris continue to challenge the royal authority