39. The minister of finance tried to curb these royal ______.
1. aristocrats
2. money wasters
3. enemies
4. individuals
5. spenders
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King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette ruled France from 1774 to 1789, a
time when the country was fighting bankruptcy. The royal couple did not let
France’s insecure financial situation limit their immoderate spending, however.
Even though the minister of finance repeatedly warned the king and queen
against wasting money, they continued to spend great fortunes on their
personal pleasure. This lavish spending greatly enraged the people of France.
They felt that the royal couple bought its luxurious lifestyle at the poor
people’s expense.
Marie Antoinette, the beautiful but exceedingly impractical queen, seemed
uncaring about her subjects’ misery. While French citizens begged for lower
taxes, the queen embellished her palace with extravagant works of art. She
also surrounded herself with artists, writers, and musicians, who encouraged
the queen to spend money even more profusely.
While the queen’s favorites glutted themselves on huge feasts at the royal
table, many people in France were starving. The French government taxed the
citizens outrageously. These high taxes paid for the entertainments the queen
and her court so enjoyed. When the minister of finance tried to stop these
royal spendthrifts, the queen replaced him. The intense hatred that the people
felt for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette kept building until it led to the French
Revolution. During this time of struggle and violence (1789-1799), thousands
of aristocrats, as well as the king and queen themselves, lost their lives at the
guillotine. Perhaps if Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette had reined in their
extravagant spending, the events that rocked France would not have occurred.
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