Louis XIV of France

For more than 100 years, France had been the largest and most powerful European nation. Beneath the appearance of stability however lay the seeds of revolution within a few months in1789, king Louis lost his power to make laws, and eventually people’s elected representative voted for his execution. The causes of the French revolution were very complex. Since the middle age, French society had been divided into three separate estates. In the mid-1700s discontent grew among the people of all three…

everyone in France. The lower class was undermined, and tens of thousands of innocents lost their lives. But what caused all this chaos? Research shows that many factors contributed to the rise of disappointment and frustration among the lower class. These factors, which led to the enlightenment of the people, include many political, social, and economic circumstances, most of which had occurred long before the young King Louis XVI came to the throne. The ongoing economic problems France was…

injustices. There were many different causes of the French Revolution, some of which were feudalism and the class system, the monarchy, and the economy. To began with, feudalism and the class system helped cause the French Revolution. The people of France were divided into three different classes, which were the clergy, nobility, and then everyone else. They had a lot of of privileged society. First, the Clergy were the high members of the church pope, priest bishops, archbishops,and…

Le Fronde known as in french, was a series of civil wars that occurred in France between the years 1648 and 1653. Louis the XIV was in charge during this era and was making an attempt to check the growing power of royal government; its failure prepared the way for the absolutism of Louis XIV’s personal reign. The Fronde was a reaction to the policies that were started under the Cardinal de Richelieu, chief minister of Louis XIII from 1624 to 1642, who had weakened the influence of the nobility…

to tax all three estates rather than only the third estate paying all the money. to make voting by population rather than estate, and to end the horrific leadership of King Louis XIV. The French revolution could have been avoided. However, King Louis’ XIV avoidance of these issues and selfishness spurred the people of France to the point of no return, thus beginning the French Revolution. Before the french revolution, it was very difficult for the majority of the populous to get anything done…

King Louis XVI - The Awful Leader King Louis XVI, born August 23, 1754, was the last King of France and he wasn't a particularly strong leader. Although he’s one of the most famous monarchs in the 18th century who went down in history, he miserably failed at his job. The kings before him, Louis XIV and Louis XV, put the country in debt and the unemployment dropped to 50%. He was a beloved king at the beginning of his reign, but as he made more decisions he slowly became a despised king. His…

With religious uniformity under Louis XIV’s belt, he aimed to re-establish France’s system of government. For ages the nobility had influence over the king’s actions and threatened to make France a weak monarchy, but Louis XIV did not tolerate such influence because he believed that a country could only be strong with an absolute system of government; he wanted to ensure that he was the only governing body. He sought to weaken the power of the nobility he accomplished this by replacing state…

Louis XVI reigned France from 1174 to 1792 and was characterized by financial instability. However, the lack of wealth was not depicted in the lifestyle of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The royals and the nobility were living in wealth and due to an unfair tax system, only the poor paid taxes. Furthermore, two decades of poor grain harvests, drought, and increasing bread prices had started unrest among peasants. A number of ill-advised financial maneuvers in the late 1700s worsened the…

battles that man ever fought. The French Revolution began under King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. King Louis XVI was an indecisive man who was ignorant to the needs of his country, and his wife, Marie Antoinette, was a vain, self-obsessed woman who was more concerned with getting her husband’s attention than taking care of her people, carrying the title, “Madame Deficit”. Marie Antoinette was desperate to produce an heir, but Louis wasn’t as interested. He had a medical condition that…

Introduction Before 1789 France was still in the Old Regime, which means the people in France were divided into three large social classes called estates. The First Estate held the clergy, the Second Estate was rich nobles, and finally the Third estate was everybody else, they remain 97% of the population. In the late 1780’s French people were faced starvation because of the bad harvest. Also, France was in huge debt due to King Louis XIV and his queen, Marie Antoinette, who continued to live on…