What was the need to call the Estates-General of 17897 |read that in France atthe ime of the French revlon, the monarch cid not have the power to impose taxes on his will alone. Rather he had ta call a meeting ofthe Estates General which would ‘hen pass hs proposal for new taxes Is this comect 7 8 But the lat meeting ofthe estates general was called in 1614. Does mean tha no tax laws were ‘changed for almost 175 years! Were tere anyother reasons that compiled the Estates General Y meet ng, wp) ests) Crane) Crane set are impr this question ed 10°46 381520, asked Jan 19°14 1725 ‘Semaphere# Vise 1 Answer seve dest votes ‘a TDereason forthe mestng was ane. dnt have hat esearcnto hand bu France was absolely ‘crewed for france. They had a suctural defct and had tied eventing (ncucing inventing entirely ew and fantastic money systems, fing successive ance ministers, ec. Thave wasnt 3 11 mechanism to levy new tares oro change the allocation of existing aves had been tied, and intemal inertia and hose stakeholders had runes the effort (imagine that every burescrat in France: yy was Ted Cruz}, 2) Update response o comments. The King could declare anew tax, but unless he went door to door (wee pe wou receve ne tcreven To colects ptoe econ er aes ln the way ther fathers di, and dstnbvted the revenue the way tne fathers dd. The tax elector dit \worcfor an ination, he held a sinecur, anc there was no real way to remove hn fram office. (ovhich had something todo withthe levels of coruptions which are unimaginable to made ‘Students. ) Every tax collectar, every judge, every magistrate, every gendarme, every minor elected ficial had their oun version of how the government was supposed to work (actualy they had two - ‘one they pa ip service fo, and ane they actual carries out dy o day) fine King declares "Water's le, the entrenched bureaucracy of these sret level bureaucrats woudl nierpral hat as "The King has declared that water is wet, andin accordance with my ancient perogatves are the authority of my fee, linterepret that to mean that | should have more Jam on my bread. An there wast anyene the whole country that could disagree. The king could dismiss you rom his presence, and might be able to ismiss you fom a op level ofice, but he didnt corrol enough offices inthe cour to make @ ference. twas “personal rule" nol just because he ruled wihout governance, bt because the kit of his authonty was the it of his personal infuence ‘There is an excellent source (Ive lat the tle and reference, but the paper made a deep impression ‘on me) about efforis to reform the French Salt Tax. Can anyone recall? France didnt have the equvvalent ofa constitution, or areal legisiative branch. France had a perplexing “combination of absolute personal rule combined itt entrenched customs that could nat be altered by any known mechanism. \{ remember correctly the Estates General was called as a "Hall Mary" play - get the largest possible ‘buy into the emergency measures necessary 0 Keep the cauntry from disintegrating ito anarchy. shave improve his answer fates Jan 1414 at201 answered son 13-1420 1784 EB) Maric. Walico # EE) 20k eae cee sr1 That prety much Fs with my understanding also, - Peter Geerkens Jan 13°14 ot 2339 ‘So, a5 lunderstand A, the monarch must have had cower to make changes on his crm it might have been ono in tho past) but har was an oxtaoidraty situation whore the changos requived wer impossible 1 push vithout agreement with the astatas.— Vivoh van (414 527) Whether they had @witen, formal one or not, France had encugh of one to keep the king from geting his tax ‘nou cling the Estates. Ho thus was using the oquvalnt of France's constitutional famowork, just 28 i0| England the kings would have to summon Parliament for such a purpose. fer Cres I in England Pariamert gave set the ably 1 cal tel and thus became a permanent ‘ature n goveriance. Before that, “tthe long ead scrounge money sleeuhers he could keep themout oft — Oise=t 0 2 ‘@Oldeat, these are good points. | disagree with your conclusion, but think the points you raise should be considered and discussed. Im not sure that | ari competent to discuss the point, tut lar confident that ‘npuldnt fen the comments section. The distinction betumen cansttutonaiern and absclits statutory and Customary law may nok even be appropiate to HSE Al thal sad, you raise some ver good pons. “Wark C. Wallace « Ju 1018 223.16 French revolution: the source of the conflct in the meeting of the Estates General ‘a_i atic onthe Fnch Revlon Vipeda says “The Estales-Genera convened the Grands Salles des Mensa i Version 5 May 2 730 and opereawth 3 twee tour speech by Necker The Thr Este demansed thatthe credentials of deputies shouldbe verified by al ceties, sneha each estate vertying tne ‘¥__Ctedertal of ts ann members; bul negations wih the other esses fated o achieves. The ‘commone’s appealed the clegy, who asked far mare ime, Necker the tae hat each este te Souler fs om merbers credentials nda! he ig shoud ats aaa” “This cone far 36 can se. she very begining ne Free revo\on. 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Why woul the French people support someone who was essentaly mating himself king ater hey had so racenty goten rif ther king rejecingthe very 11 ideacf monarchy Yel there was vr lite resistance te the Wansion rom repubic lo empre How dd this happen? VNC IG esate eraove ts question stesuar 482402 snteguar 11612020 Bryn Meche nel cal. B05 Ma 10°18 a 2-17 Peace, rer grospely you can gv people thor thes, they wl yu gl may wth hing amet aie hear Fb 1307 2 Answers: ‘active oldest votes ‘g.__ThS!9. er teresting question though adefinte answer probadly cannot be gn. | song lisagree vith Tom Au statement that Egyptian expecttion "was a considerable success’. It was a total fallue: French army had to surrender and be evacuated from Egypt in British ships. What worse 3.__humiiation one can imagine?French navy was Cestroyed in the bate of of Aboukir Bay. this is a “eansiderable success" then what is a complete fae? ‘On miy opinion, (and | agree with Tor here) the revolution was nt so much against the monarchy but ‘against tne outdated social structure, privileges of nobity etc. In this respect Napoleon time was ‘consiered a continuation ofthe revolution. People didnot ike the ter and the gavernment ofthe Directory, and it was clear that some kindof strong power or dictatorship was desirable, ifthe new ‘social and economic order could be preserved, ‘The idea thatthe revolution had “ant-foreign’, "nationalistic" characters really interesting, but | would like to see more evidence of this, except the wording ofthe Merceilaise ‘There is some analogy with establishing empire in the Roman republic. The idea of monarchy was _alvays extremely unpopular in Rome. And no emperor called himself akong, even in later times. But cestabishment of the empire was considered necessary to stop continuous civil wars. seems clear thatthe French ofthe Napoleon times very clearly understoos ths analogy. Napoleon wes called “Consu', and later "Emperor’, the names takan from the ancient Rome. And he really was @ warlord, lke Caesar and August and many ater emperors. share improve this answer eatestar 12-1600 answetealar 116 at035