3.2-The Broken Regime
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Ancien Régime Tax System
- The tax structure in pre-revolutionary France was extremely problematic and needed reform.
- The main tax, the taille, was levied on land.
- However, the nobility and clergy, who owned almost half the land, were exempt from it.
- This exemption fueled the ambition of the bourgeoisie to acquire positions granting similar exemptions, driven by both financial and social status considerations.
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