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1.04 Post Necker, Pre Chaos

French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)

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The French Debt Crisis - The Second Key Event

In the six years between necker's dismissal in may 17 81 and the creation of a debt fighting squad known as the assembly of notables in february 17 87, three significant events occur. The first is a power grabbed by the nobility that remains hotly debated amongst historians. The second is a scandal which cements the queen's transformation from a foreign princess into a foreign monster, and finally, a foreign har third, there is the continued spread of enlightenment ideas throughout france just as the nobles were successfully making fools of themselves. So as the debt bomb ticks away, let's just jump into the detail.

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