FH - Chap 3: Economic problems and Royal Finance

What was the population of France in 1789

28 million

what % of national product was agricultural

75%

what was partible inheritance

how did this effect the economy

give a statistic to support this

- the continual division of land as inheritance

- i.e. multiple sons the land is divided between and each of those sons has to divide the land again between their sons and so on

- this was an obstacle to economies of scale and greater productivity as more land was wasted

- 3/4 of agricultural land consisted of small plots

how many different units of measure were in use in France before 1789?

how did this contribute to the bad economy

- over 20,000

- this meant trade was inconsistent and messy which halted trade

what was the corvee Royale

compulsory labour of peasants, unpaid and used to build infrastructure in France

Who paid their taxes in a lump sum

- Church and pay d'etats

- through the don gratuitous which was 5% of annual income

How many venal offices were there by 1789

how much did it cost

70,000

it cost 100,000 lives to become a member of parlement

what was the deficit in 1786

112 million livres

what was the debt in 1786

3.3b livres

what was and who had the power to remonstrance

- the approval or rejection of the kings edicts

- parlements