how was the taxation policy responsible for the french revolution ? explain
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1. in 1774, luis xvi ascended the throne of France. upon his accession the king found an empty treasury. long years of war had drained the financial resources of France. added to this was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at versailles.
2.the war added more than a billion lives to a debt that had already risen to more than 2 billion lives.lenders who gave the state credit now began to charge 10 percent interest on loans.
3. to meet its regular expenses such as maintaining the army, running offices, the state was forced to increase taxes. only the embers of the third estate paid taxes.
4. the nobles enjoyed feudal privileges. the most important of these was exception from taxes.
5. the church too extracted a tax called tithes from the peasants.
6. this led to poverty among the peasants, which led to food shortages
7. subsistence crisis was a common thing in the old regme
8. people were unhappy with these extreme tax policies, so they revolted
2.the war added more than a billion lives to a debt that had already risen to more than 2 billion lives.lenders who gave the state credit now began to charge 10 percent interest on loans.
3. to meet its regular expenses such as maintaining the army, running offices, the state was forced to increase taxes. only the embers of the third estate paid taxes.
4. the nobles enjoyed feudal privileges. the most important of these was exception from taxes.
5. the church too extracted a tax called tithes from the peasants.
6. this led to poverty among the peasants, which led to food shortages
7. subsistence crisis was a common thing in the old regme
8. people were unhappy with these extreme tax policies, so they revolted
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