During the period of 1780 and 1850, France went through many changes, some were for good but many of the changes led to much devastation throughout the country. In 1789, after many lost wars under the leadership of Louis XV, France was in the mist of economic failure. Furthermore, the revolution by Louis XV and the support by the United States helped worsen the financial stability of the country. Prior to Louis XV, under the leadership of Louis XIII the financial system in French was working. However, Richelieu collapsed the financial system, when the aristocracy increased its tax exempt. This lead to having the lowest class, the most needed, to pay for the majority of the taxes. Furthermore, the Catholic Church inflicted more “pain” to the poor by charging them tax on their crops. The result was the increase of a very unhealthy society, because of the imposed taxes,
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The cheapest thing to buy was bread, but this didn’t last too long because the price of the bread went so high that people couldn’t even afford to buy bread. This caused France to have a wider crisis of unhealthy population throughout the country. This problem only got worse when King Louis XVI couldn’t deal with the crisis, this allowed France to be so fragile and prone for a revolution. When the alliance between the “moderate members of the Assembly and the more radical elements on the political left,” but since King Louis XVI and his royal court didn’t seem to fully agree to the terms, they tried to escape to Paris, they thought General Bouille would take them him, since he was opposed of a revolution as well. However, as they were fleeing they were caught and held in contempt. Chaos began when Parisians weren’t agreeing with the way the king was being treated by the army; this lead to the closing of the “patriots clubs” and many important high class members were forced to
The cheapest thing to buy was bread, but this didn’t last too long because the price of the bread went so high that people couldn’t even afford to buy bread. This caused France to have a wider crisis of unhealthy population throughout the country. This problem only got worse when King Louis XVI couldn’t deal with the crisis, this allowed France to be so fragile and prone for a revolution. When the alliance between the “moderate members of the Assembly and the more radical elements on the political left,” but since King Louis XVI and his royal court didn’t seem to fully agree to the terms, they tried to escape to Paris, they thought General Bouille would take them him, since he was opposed of a revolution as well. However, as they were fleeing they were caught and held in contempt. Chaos began when Parisians weren’t agreeing with the way the king was being treated by the army; this lead to the closing of the “patriots clubs” and many important high class members were forced to