Person

Jacques Necker

French finance minister who published the royal accounts in 1781 and was recalled in 1788.

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French royal government 1777–1781 Finance minister Scholarship & press 1
French royal government 24 Aug 1788 Director General of Finances Scholarship & press 2

Estates-General of 1789 finance minister, applauded at the opening Scholarship & press 3
Estates-General of 1789 agreed to double the Third Estate's deputies, December 1788 Scholarship & press 4

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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
In 1777, a new finance minister was appointed. This was Jacques Necker.
JACQUES NECKER (1732–1804)
Necker replaces Brienne as Director General of Finances, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (CUNY), 24 Aug 1788. Scholarship & press
replaces Loménie de Brienne with the title of Director General of Finances
The New World and the Old: An American at the Opening of the Estates-General (May 1789), Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (CUNY), May 1789. Scholarship & press
When M. Necker comes in he is loudly and repeatedly clapped
Necker agrees to the doubling of the Third Estate, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (CUNY), 27 Dec 1788. Scholarship & press
With the consent of the king, Necker agrees to the doubling of the Third Estate
Necker, "Account to the King" (1781), Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (CUNY), 1781. Scholarship & press
In France, the state of Finances has always been a mystery.

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