HIST 3902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Natural Disaster, Usa Today, 1918 Flu Pandemic
23 Apr 2016
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Economic conditions in the old regime standard of living and economic inequality. Way in which we calculate livre - no form of livre as payment (coin) actual coin used de- scribed in the handout - difficult to translate what a particular sum of money meant. 17th-18th c province uprising on the crown protest of the taxes. Living so close to the poverty line any taxation was extreme. Rebellions in the 17th c popular revolt was against the king, but more on the taxation, they still were loyal to to king as a figure head. If it were enough and had popular rebellion more theatre in th. e 17th c than later in the 18th c problem is that so many people willing to put their lives and property on them line. Getting worse and having a hard job trying to prove. 80 years before out break of revolution economy is getting better it has improvement.
