How Would the Philosophes Evaluate the Financial and Administrative Systems

question 45

Multiple Choice

How would the philosophes evaluate the financial and administrative systems of France before the Revolution?

• A) Tariffs helped the individual states as well as the state.
• B) Provinces were united under national laws.
• C) The system was an insult to reason
• D) A system of weights and measures helped generate intra state commerce
• E) Laws dating back to the feudal system had been deleted or upgraded.

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