18 Synthesizing Information: A French noble wrote this on the causes of the
revolution: "The most striking of the
country's troubles was the chaos in its
finances, the result of years of extrav-
agance. ... No one could think of any
remedy, except to search for fresh
funds." (a) What did the noble mean
by "chaos in its finances"? (b) How
were fresh funds raised? (c) How did
this lead to revolution?