about Louis 16 and his kingdom
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Louis XVI, the son and Dauphin of Louis and Marie Josephene of Saxony, was born in 1754 in the Palace of Versailles in France. He was the third son of Dauphin Louis Ferdinand and Marie-Josephe of Saxony. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette, who was an Austrian arch-duchess. The couple had two daughters and two sons. When his grandfather, Louis XV, died in 1774, Louis XVI became the King of France, aged just twenty.
On his accession, France was poverty-stricken and burdened with debts, and heavy taxation had resulted in widespread misery among the French people. Immediately after he was crowned, Louis remitted some of the most oppressive taxes and instituted financial and judicial reforms. Calonne was appointed finance minister in 1783. He borrowed money from the court until 1786, when the borrowing limit was reached. The French people, angered by the taxes and the excessive spending of the court, recalled Necker, who, however, could not prevent the bankruptcy of the government. With no other choice, Louis XVI was forced to call a meeting of the Estates-General in Versailles on May 5, 1789.
At first the king seemed inclined to work with the Revolution to try to solve the problems. But the influence of the queen and his courtiers was too strong. He was encouraged by them to disregard all promises he had made and sought to flee France in order to obtain aid against the Revolution from Austria. His disregard of his promises to abide by the Constitution led to the storming of the royal palace of the Tuileries on August 10, 1792. The king and his family escaped before the mob arrived and took refuge in the hall of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly declared that the king was suspended from office and ordered that he and his family should be imprisoned. They then called a new assembly, the Convention, to decide whether France should continue to be a monarchy.
The Convention brought Louis XVI to trial on the charge of conspiring with foreign countries for the invasion of France. He was declared guilty and sentenced to death. His execution had important consequences for France, because it increased the prejudice against the Revolution in other countries, which were also monarchies.
Louis is first mentioned in The Kingdom of This World in the opening chapter (page 5), though he is referred to only as the King of France, not by name. Ti Noel is browsing the shop-windows while he waits for his owner, Lenormand de Mezy, to get his shave. He sees four pictures of the King of France in the window of the booksellers, prints recently imported from Paris. This demonstrated that France still ruled Haiti at this point and that there was still monarchist support amongst the plantation owners for Louis XVI. On page 71 Louis is first mentioned by name, as his portrait adorns the wall of the office of Governor Blancheland when M. Lenormand de Mezy goes to him to plead for the lives of his remaining slaves, including Ti Noel.
On his accession, France was poverty-stricken and burdened with debts, and heavy taxation had resulted in widespread misery among the French people. Immediately after he was crowned, Louis remitted some of the most oppressive taxes and instituted financial and judicial reforms. Calonne was appointed finance minister in 1783. He borrowed money from the court until 1786, when the borrowing limit was reached. The French people, angered by the taxes and the excessive spending of the court, recalled Necker, who, however, could not prevent the bankruptcy of the government. With no other choice, Louis XVI was forced to call a meeting of the Estates-General in Versailles on May 5, 1789.
At first the king seemed inclined to work with the Revolution to try to solve the problems. But the influence of the queen and his courtiers was too strong. He was encouraged by them to disregard all promises he had made and sought to flee France in order to obtain aid against the Revolution from Austria. His disregard of his promises to abide by the Constitution led to the storming of the royal palace of the Tuileries on August 10, 1792. The king and his family escaped before the mob arrived and took refuge in the hall of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly declared that the king was suspended from office and ordered that he and his family should be imprisoned. They then called a new assembly, the Convention, to decide whether France should continue to be a monarchy.
The Convention brought Louis XVI to trial on the charge of conspiring with foreign countries for the invasion of France. He was declared guilty and sentenced to death. His execution had important consequences for France, because it increased the prejudice against the Revolution in other countries, which were also monarchies.
Louis is first mentioned in The Kingdom of This World in the opening chapter (page 5), though he is referred to only as the King of France, not by name. Ti Noel is browsing the shop-windows while he waits for his owner, Lenormand de Mezy, to get his shave. He sees four pictures of the King of France in the window of the booksellers, prints recently imported from Paris. This demonstrated that France still ruled Haiti at this point and that there was still monarchist support amongst the plantation owners for Louis XVI. On page 71 Louis is first mentioned by name, as his portrait adorns the wall of the office of Governor Blancheland when M. Lenormand de Mezy goes to him to plead for the lives of his remaining slaves, including Ti Noel.
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Louis was king of France.
In 1789 he find his treasure empty. During his rule France played war largely on loans.
the kingdom was divided into three estates
1-clergy
2 nobility
3-peasant etc
In 1789 he find his treasure empty. During his rule France played war largely on loans.
the kingdom was divided into three estates
1-clergy
2 nobility
3-peasant etc
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