King Louis XVI
-Was King of France from 1774-1792 -Was deposed during the French Revolution -Inherited debt problem that was left by his grandfather -Major influence in the French Revolution in heavy spending during France's involvement in the French Revolution Marie-Antoinette -Wife of King Louis XVI -Was the primary symbol of French royalty's extravagance and excess in the commoner's eyes-born an Archduchess of Austria -Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792 - child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I Jacques Necker -French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI -Financial minister before Calonne -1732-1804 -A member of the Legislative Assembly and National Convention- born on September 30th, 1732 in Geneva, Switzerland -had a very successful career and soon became very wealthy Charles-Alexander de Calonne -The controller general of finance appointed by King Louis XVI after Jacques Necker -Was forced out of office in 1781 -Calonne proposed a daring plan to shift the French tax burden from the poor to wealthy nobles and businessmen -Suggested new levy land tax -efforts to reform the structure of his nation’s finance and administration precipitated the governmental crisis Maximillian Robespierre -Was French lawyer and politician -Was one of the most influential figures in the French Revolution and one of the best-known -Member of the Estates-General -born in Arras on 6 May 1758 - popular for his attacks on the monarchy and his advocacy of democratic reforms -elected president of Jacobin political club |