Today we embarked on the Paris Walking Tour with Chris. It was a lot of fun and full of information. Something that really stuck out to me was the  Assignat: the bonds that were created after liquidating the church wealth in France. It was mind blowing that the government did this, along with the British creating counterfeit bonds that lead to inflation. The rural French citizens were purchasing these bonds at such a quick rate that pretty soon that was their main use of currency. Once the counterfeit bonds were so prevalent the bonds became hyperinflated, and this was a huge contribution to the start of the Revolution. I think it’s really significant how much the economy contributed to the French Revolution and how much that impact is related to today’s world, such as Venezuela right now.