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Document 2 - A summary of French royal spending (1789) 1 Livre (18th century) = $10 US Dollars
(2008) Approx.
Summary of the Livre Rouge The total amount entered in the Red Book from May 19th 1774
to August 16th 1789 is 227,983,716 livres, 10 sous and one denier. This sum can be broken
down under several headings:
To the kings brothers: 28,364,211 livres
Gifts, gratuities: 6,174,793 livres
Pensions, salaries: 2,221,541 livres
Charity: 254,000 livres
Indemnities, advances, loans: 15,254,106
livres
Document 4 - This excerpt is adapted from Travels in France by Arthur Young, who traveled
through France from 1787 to 1789.
Document 5 - This diagram illustrates the three estates in 1789 and the land each held during
the Old Regime.
Document 6 - Lord Acton suggested another point of view on what caused the French
Revolution.