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15 September 2026

  • curprev 16:2016:20, 15 September 2026 Parijat talk contribs 1,369 bytes +1,369 Created page with "=== Significant Events === * '''Proximate Cause''': The Estates General of 1789. This was a meeting of the three estates of pre-revolutionary France. The three estates being the clergy, the nobility, and the commons. The problem was that the finances of the French regime were a shambles. (cue: John Law and his scheme earlier in the century). The entire tax burden was on the commons, but the nobility and the clergy had a lot of benefits. Predictably, the commons revolted,..."
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