King Louis XVI France. French Revolution.
2006-09-17 06:44:51 · 11 answers · asked by Laurennnn* 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Your question has brought out the lefty anti Monarchists. Do they not realise that it gave rise to a dictator called Napoleon, who terrorised Europe, until the British kicked his butt. So, don't try and sell it to me as a good thing. Mob rule is ugly and mindless, it ended up guillotining considerably more ordinary people than Aristocrats. Ugly peasants.
2006-09-20 09:20:52 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His own personality. This was a man that should have never been king. Heck even his own nobles made fun of him. But to be fair, I think even a competent King would had great problems during this period in France. This was a period of many ideas entering France. It did not help the King to be helping the US or the colonies during their revolution against England. In the end it backfired on him. I think in the end, his own bad decisions and those of his counselors (that were as bad as him) Marie Antoinette did not help either and neither his nobles. Incompetence proved the destruction of the monarchy in France.
2006-09-17 08:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by Sakura ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In France, before the time of the French Revolution, the country was already in distress. King Louis xvi should have been able to recognize this and dealt with it in advance. He was just too weak to deal with the issues that a good king should be able to handle. He spent a lot of money and put himself further into debt and in order to deal with this, he raised the tax especially for peasants. This caused outrage among the poor peasants and thus caused them to rebel in order to get the change they desired. In other words, they started a revolution.
2016-03-27 05:30:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Louis XVI was forced to accept the constitution of 1791, which limited his power, but preserved the royal veto and his power to appoint ministers.
2006-09-17 06:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by Patricia Lidia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was not the brightest baguette in the picnic basket, and his Austrian wife didn't help his popularity either.
A good thing for France, his loss of head led to Napoleon's glory.
2006-09-17 07:12:49 · answer #5 · answered by Mike P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-17 06:52:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ignorance
2006-09-17 06:46:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
stupidity
2006-09-17 06:51:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He lost his head, didn't he?
2006-09-17 07:47:06 · answer #9 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coz he was an idiot!
2006-09-17 07:18:59 · answer #10 · answered by The Sam 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋