Louis+XVI's+Attitudes

=**Louis XVI's attitudes during the French Revolution**=

King Louis XVI (1754-1793) was shy, honest, modest and moral. He liked to do jobs with his hands as he liked fixing clocks and hunting. He hated court work. He was interested in many things apart from politics. When he was 15, he married Marie Antoinette of Austria. Even thought he disliked politics and being a King, the hardest part for him was when Louis XV had died and he had to be on the throne at the age of 20 and at the time after France lost the 7years war to Britain. Louis XV’s France had lost the war and due to the extreme amount of money used, France had become bankrupt. Their financial power was extremely low. The new king had to do something.

King Louis XVI was expected to do something so that the people of France would not starve. Due to the economical crisis, the price of flour increased. This made the price of bread also increase. People were raged due to this situation.They needed money to buy the bread otherwise they would starve. Even in this situation, King Louis XVI is filling himself with a cuisine for each meal and buying everything that Marie Antoinette wants to buy. It clearly shows that King Louis XVI and his wife do not really care about what is happening outside the palace.

King Louis XVI then made bad decisions to fix the economic problem. He put more and more taxes to all the people all each at a unique rate and one of the group of the French people, the third estate which is the majority of the French people (peasants) were greatly charged.King Louis XVI making poor decisions could mean that he is just not smart or doesn’t have enough experience but it doesn’t mean that King Louis XVI is trying his best for the people. King Louis XVI could have chosen better ways like not wasting money for his meals or for his wife’s fashions. Instead, he chose to tax the poor. This wasn't helping his own court with the interests. He underestimated his own people.



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