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Necker reports to king
Director-General of finances, Jacques Necker, presnts his financial
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Necker resigns
Necker resigns his position as minister of finance -
New minsister of finance is appointed
Joly De Fleury is appointed the minister of finance -
king makes new tax
The King imposes a third additional tax for the period from 1783 to 1786 -
1st treaty of versailles
France signs the treasty of versailles, thus ending the conflict with Britain over the American colonies -
New controller-General
Calonne is appointed the position of Controller-General (the Minister of Finances) -
Dinmond necklace affair
the scandal of the Dinmond necklace affair tarnishes the reputation of Queen Marie-Antoinette -
Neckers views published
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financial reforms to king
Calonne proposes financial reforms to king -
king convenes
The king convenes the Assembly of notables to discuss fiscal reform -
King dissmisses
The king dissmisses reforming finance minister calonne and appoints brienne in his place -
king closes
The king closses the assembly of notables -
Law courts
the law courts (parlements) of paris and bordeaux rebel against the king's authority and are exiled -
authority
the king exerts authority upon the law courts in the 'royal session' -
parlement
the paris parlement states that the king has a duty to submit new laws to the parlements and that new taxes can only by impossed by agreement with the nation, as represented by the estates-general -
king disempower parlements
the king trys to disempower parlements by redefining their role and powers -
start of Noble revolt
the start of the start of Noble revolt offten called the Aristocratic revolt, reffering to the fact that the resistance came from the nobles in the assembly of notables -
end of Noble revolt
the Noble revolt ends -
king calls meeting
the king calls a meeting with the estates-genreral for may 1789 -
BANKRUPT
the royal treasury suspends payments, a near equivalent to bankruptcy -
Brienne resigns
the finance minister Brienne resigns, and necker is recalled -
king reopens parlements
the king reopens parlements. the paris parlement demands that the estaes-general meet and vote by order -
Assembly of notables meet
the start of Assembly of notables meeting to discuss the organisation of the estates-general -
Assembly of notables meet
the Assembly of notables meeting ends -
Double third estate
Concession of doubling of the number of deputies for the third estate -
Estates General meet
Formal call for estates general to meet -
What is the third estate
Publication of Sieyès What is the third estate -
start drafting of book of grievances
The start of the election deputies to the estates-general at versailles. drafting of book of grievances -
crowds attack
Crowds attack and destory reveillon factory. class conflict -
estates general opens
Opening of estates general. king maintains traditional honorific distinctions between orders -
voting by head problem
Controversy of voting by order or by head, third estate demands voting by head -
taxation equality
clergy and nobility accept principle of taxation equality -
the end drafting of book of grievances
the end drafting of book of grievances -
priests join third estate
Some parish priests join the third estate -
Bourgeois revolt
the second stage of the revolution referred to as the Bourgeois revolt, because deputies of the third estate now stepped forward and claimed a new constitutional role for themselves. -
tennis court oath
the third estate meets up in a tennis court and swears to not disband until there is a constitution -
National assembly
the national assembly defies the royal order to return to discussion by order -
some nobles join third estate
A deputation of nobles join third estate -
orders unite
The three orders unite -
troops in paris
The king orders troops to paris -
king does not back down
Despite popular protests against troop presence, the king refuses to withdraw them. -
agitation in paris
increasing agitation in paris. the king dismisses necker. the third state of the revolution is often called the revolt of the urban working classes- desmoulins exhorts the people to arm themselves -
Bastille captured
The bastille is captured