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+ | ======Calonne, | ||
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+ | (1734-1802) \\ | ||
+ | French statesman whose efforts to reform the structure of his nation' | ||
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+ | The son of a magistrate of Douai, Calonne held various posts in French Flanders and in Artois before becoming intendant of Metz (1768) and of Lille (1774). His financial genius and court connections led to his appointment as controller general of finance in November 1783. At that time the French government was heavily in debt from the aid that it had provided the colonists during the American Revolution (1775-83). Calonne reconstituted a sinking fund (1784) to pay off the debt, and in 1785 he reformed the gold coinage. He soon discovered, however, that major reforms were necessary to save France from bankruptcy. In August 1786 he submitted to King Louis XVI a far-reaching plan of reform that involved increasing the taxation of the privileged noble and clerical orders through a proportional tax on land. | ||
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+ | Recognizing that the Parlements (high courts of justice) would reject his proposals, Calonne submitted them instead to a special Assembly of Notables--nobles, | ||
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+ | After the Revolution began, Calonne devoted himself to the cause of counterrevolution. From exile he criticized the National Assembly' | ||
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