HY 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Maximilien Robespierre, Great Fear, Signing Bonus
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Run by a large government (425 members) and every vote had to be unanimous. 1792-1796 poland disappeared because the neighboring countries ruled poland and therefore it sort of just disappeared: the problems with france: the monarch by 1787-1789 is not a strong king and neither was his father. Louis 14 had a difficult childhood and is wondering how to pass it to his kids/grandkids. Louis 15&16 grew up in a prosperous france and therefore don"t know difficulties like 14th did. Antoinette and louis don"t have the personalities to make it all work. France had over the 18th century fought a number of wars. They are at war more than they are at peace. By 1787 they are fundamentally in unbearable debt. 50% of the revenue that the crown took in went to covering the debt and repaying the costs from all the wars.
