Person
Charles Alexandre de Calonne
French finance minister from 1783 who proposed a land tax on all property to the Assembly of Notables in 1787.
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- worked at French royal government (Finance minister) 1783 – Apr 1787
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worked at
- French royal government 1783 – Apr 1787 Finance minister Scholarship & press 1
involved in
- Assembly of Notables of 1787 opened it with a plan for one land tax Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 1 date
- 1783 – Apr 1787 Charles Alexandre de Calonne worked at French royal government
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Cambridge International AS Level History: Modern Europe, 1750-1921 Coursebook, Chapter 1, France, 1774-1814 (excerpt), Cambridge University Press.
Scholarship & press
another new finance minister, Charles de Calonne, was appointed in 1783
sacking Calonne in April 1787
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Calonne, "Programs of Reform," Address to Assembly of Notables (1787), Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (CUNY), 22 Feb 1787.
Scholarship & press
At the opening session, on 22 February 1787, Calonne addressed the assembly and proposed a uniform tax across the kingdom
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