Taxation and social inequality
What Taxation and social inequality means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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New, highly unpopular direct taxes such as the capitation and the dixième, introduced to fund conflicts, which were often evaded by nobles.
Colbert reduced the direct taille and increased indirect taxes like the gabelle, though exemptions for the nobility and clergy continued.
Topics that use Taxation and social inequality
- 2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643– 1715 (A-level only) – Challenges at home, 1685–1715 (AQA A-Level)
- 2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643– 1715 (A-level only) – The establishment of Absolutism at home, 1661–1685 (AQA A-Level)
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