During 1780s to 1790s France was in total chaos. France was ruled by the Bourbon family King Louis XVI from 1754 to 1793‚ it was an absolute monarch and they had absolute power and did not share it with a legislature. The situation was already bad before Louis XVI began his reign‚ but situation got worse. In the end‚ there was a revolution in France and a vast amount changes to the society and the government of France. Louis XVI himself was executed and killed; while France was established as a democratic
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Charles Darnay and Louis XVI‚ at first glance‚ to be very different people. In fact‚ they are very similar in lifestyle‚ social class‚ and personality. While one was the right person at the wrong time one was a remorseful person born to unfortunate family. However unlike Darnay. Louis was very indecisiveness and lacked confidence which is essential to rule a country. Charles Darnay‚ born Charles Evremonde‚ was born into the upper-class alongside his uncle Marquis Evremonde. Unlike his nephew‚ the
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this time‚ the monarchy in France had undergone major change and finally overthrown by the unhappy French citizens. There were many reasons for this action of overthrowing the government‚ some of which being high taxes‚ which only the third estate had to pay‚ the lack of participation that king Louis and Marie Antoinette had shown whilst in power towards ruling the country. King Louis XVI was not entirely to blame as France could have been left in a bad stage from King Louis XV and therefore it might
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Explain why Louis XVI was executed in 1793? There are various factors that contributed to Louis’ death. In this essay I will be analysing the different factors and how they effected the outcome of Louis’ death. In 1791‚ Louis made an important choice in trying to escape the country (which would later have major effects on his positon as king) with his family because he thought if he left the country it would mean that he didn’t have to deal with the problems that were surrounding France‚ such as:
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and overthrown by the French citizens. France’s costly involvement in the American Revolution and Louis XVI’s excessive spending habits had the country on the verge of bankruptcy. An example of this extravagant spending is the diamond necklace Louis bought for his wife Marie Antoinette which was worth more than the Frances’ yearly income. To resolve France’s low income the then Monarch Louis XVI had introduced high taxes and raised the prices of things like bread. The government had lost ability
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Josh Webb Mr. Parmer CP World History 11 April 2017 Was the Execution of Louis XVI Necessary for the Survival of the French Revolution? Louis XVI was one in a long line of Bourbon kings who ruled France between 1774 and 1792. His rule accompanied troubled times as the country was facing bankruptcy by the mid-1780‚ This forced the king to promote radical fiscal reform that taxed heavily on the poor. King Louis’s failure to address France’s financial troubles to the content of the poor set in
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The French Revolution of 1789 took place under the reign of Louis XVI. It is one of the most well known and studied events in history due to its great importance and impact it left on the world . Multiple complex factors led to the French Revolution as a result; the three significant causes are: Ideological being the most important followed by Political‚ and Economical. The new ideology which arose from the age of Enlightenment (late 17th century to late 18th) century was the most important cause
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King Louis XVI‚ the King of the French has been the subject of debate among the French People. This is the man whom the people trusted and believed in. They saw him as a glimmer of hope who would lead France‚ but when the King took flight from Paris it stunned the French people. They lost faith in him and from this point on things went downhill for the French Monarchy as it started to become severely limited. The history of monarchy dates back to more than several Millennia in which kings were conceived
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In 1789‚ France was under a revolution. It was ruled by absolute monarchy for centuries. Unfairness between Estates started to frustrate the people at the bottom of France. The French government was 4000 million livers in debt (Christopher Hibbert 1980 p.14). Besides the partial blames that Louis XVI deserved‚ the situation was quite out of his control. There were many other reasons that lead to this revolution and every single problem was connected with each other. The most important short term
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successful was Louis XVIII as King of France?’’ In April 1814‚ napoleon abdicated from the throne unconditionally due to the other European monarchs opposing and rising against him. This meant that there was a rising question to who would take over the French phone and rule. The decision of this was to the quadruple alliance (Britain‚ Russia‚ Austria‚ and Prussia)‚ they then made the decisions to restore the Bourbon reign‚ that last ruled in 1793. The rightful heir to the Bourbon reign was Louis XVIII
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